U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Allentown Division
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Maryland woman maintains claims of excessive force from Lancaster police officers
ALLENTOWN – A Maryland woman stands by claims she was the victim of excessive force from Lancaster Police Department officers and suffered a broken arm in the process, when the police came to her residence and forcibly evicted her. -
Lancaster and its police department again try to dismiss civil rights violations, in Maryland woman's suit
ALLENTOWN – The City of Lancaster, the Lancaster Police Department and one of its police officers have now twice attempted to dismiss litigation from a Maryland woman, who claimed she was the victim of excessive force from Lancaster police officers and suffered a broken arm in the process, when the police came to her residence and forcibly evicted her. -
Machine operator settles racial discrimination claims against hat factory
ALLENTOWN – A longtime machine operator and materials handler has settled several claims of racial discrimination and harassment lodged against his employer, an Adamstown hat factory. -
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City of Lancaster and police officers deny they used excessive force on Maryland woman
ALLENTOWN – The City of Lancaster, the Lancaster Police Department and one of its police officers have motioned to dismiss litigation from a Maryland woman, who claimed she was the victim of excessive force from Lancaster police officers and suffered a broken arm in the process, when the police came to her residence and forcibly evicted her. -
Lawsuit: Lancaster police used excessive force on Maryland woman and broke her arm
ALLENTOWN – A Maryland woman claims she was the victim of excessive force from Lancaster Police Department officers and suffered a broken arm in the process, when the police came to her residence and forcibly evicted her. -
Sherwin-Williams wins dismissal of couple's product liability lawsuit after their deck caught fire
ALLENTOWN – Sherwin-Williams has won summary judgment against an Easton couple’s litigation, which alleged the product they used to stain their deck self-heated and caused a fire on their property. -
Settlement reached in suit from parents of murdered student against Millersville U., just prior to trial
ALLENTOWN – A settlement has been reached in litigation brought against Millersville University, by the parents of a student murdered on the school’s campus by her boyfriend in February 2015. -
Plaintiff counsel in remanded suit over mail-in ballots for Lehigh County judgeship race want $250K in attorney's fees
ALLENTOWN – After the U.S. Supreme Court declared as moot a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which counted 257 Lehigh County ballots missing the date on their outer envelopes in last year’s general election for a Lehigh County judgeship and remanded the case to its original federal court – plaintiff counsel is now seeking almost $250,000 in attorney’s fees. -
Ryder looks to avail itself of Kellogg's attempt to blame it for trucking employee's injuries
ALLENTOWN – Ryder seeks to dismiss a third-party complaint brought against it by The Kellogg Company, in connection with liability for injuries allegedly suffered by a Lancaster woman – when pallets loaded with goods fell out of a tractor-trailer and struck her body. -
Hoverboard manufacturer and Target deny liability for girls' deaths in house fire
ALLENTOWN – A hoverboard manufacturer and Target have denied responsibility for the device igniting while charging and starting a fatal house fire in Hellertown last April, which killed two young girls. -
Pa. state trooper denies that he subjected Berks County man to excessive force and beating
ALLENTOWN – One Pennsylvania state trooper has denied that he participated in a savage beating of a Berks County man during a traffic stop, where the plaintiff suffered a fractured pelvis. -
Retailer in hoverboard wrongful death lawsuit changes from Walmart to Target
ALLENTOWN – The parents of two sisters killed in a house fire in Hellertown last April have claimed the girls’ hoverboard ignited while charging and caused the fatal blaze, and further, have filed an amended complaint in suing both the device’s manufacturer and retailer – substituting Target in place of Walmart. -
Conrad Weiser Area School District dismissed from former student's sex abuse litigation
ALLENTOWN – A Berks County school district has been dismissed from litigation brought by a plaintiff alleging that she was sexually abused as a middle school student by an assistant high school baseball coach. -
Parents of girls who died in house fire say hoverboard batteries are to blame for their deaths
ALLENTOWN – The parents of two sisters killed in a house fire in Hellertown last April allege the girls’ hoverboard ignited while charging and caused the fatal blaze, and have sued the manufacturer and retailer of the device. -
Case of Berks County man who had pelvis broken in Pa. State Police arrest may be dismissed
ALLENTOWN – A Berks County man who alleged he was savagely beaten by Pennsylvania state troopers and suffered a fractured pelvis, may have his case dismissed if proper service of the complaint is not made to the defendants. -
Lawsuit over former Reading Recreation Commission employee's molestation acts is settled
ALLENTOWN – A federal lawsuit which alleges that a now-incarcerated ex-employee of the Reading Recreation Commission committed multiple acts of sexual abuse and molestation against a then-11-year-old girl, that the organization both failed to stop the abuse from happening and violated the plaintiff’s constitutional rights, has been settled. -
Kellogg's redirects liability for trucking employee's injuries to Ryder, instead
ALLENTOWN – The Kellogg Company has filed a third-party complaint against Ryder in connection with liability for injuries allegedly suffered by a Lancaster woman – when pallets loaded with goods fell out of a tractor-trailer and struck her body. -
Reading Recreation Commission Director dismissed from suit over former employee's molestation of minor
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has approved the dismissal of a defendant from a lawsuit against the Reading Recreation Commission claiming that it failed to stop abuse of a man’s young daughter by a now-incarcerated ex-employee. -
Nebraska group is dismissed from arm crush injury suit, for lack of proper service
ALLENTOWN – A Nebraska corporation has been dismissed from injury litigation brought by a York County man who alleged he was severely injured on the job when his arm was crushed inside the moving parts of a sampler machine. -
Kellogg's denies responsibility for trucking employee's injuries, after fallen goods from pallet struck her
ALLENTOWN – The Kellogg Company has denied liability for injuries allegedly suffered by a Lancaster woman, when pallets loaded with goods fell out of a tractor-trailer and struck her body.