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Wawa and others win dismissal of antitrust suit over planned development, including Royal Farms store
PHILADELPHIA – Wawa and other defendants have won dismissal of a New Jersey developer’s anti-trust litigation against a Pennsylvania competitor, which claimed the latter conspired to prevent the development of a major retail project featuring the Royal Farms Convenience Store in the vicinity of a Merck headquarters. -
Chester's bankruptcy filing to stay suit over alleged assault at environmental justice march
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Chester filing for bankruptcy has the potential to stay litigation from two individuals who participated in an “Environmental Justice Day” march, who claimed they were assaulted there by Chester government officials, including the mayor and two members of borough council. -
Punitive damages stricken from wrongful death suit over newborn lounger device
PHILADELPHIA – The Baltimore-based parents of an infant who died from suffocation, allegedly after being placed in the Boppy Original Newborn Lounger device, and Walmart have mutually agreed to remove a demand for punitive damages from the associated wrongful death lawsuit. -
Non-party towing company now target of sanctions in Phila. class action parking suit
PHILADELPHIA – A non-party towing company is now the target of sanctions from class action attorneys taking on the City of Philadelphia, over claims that its vehicle towing relocation program both fails to abide by due process and provide adequate notice or fair procedures for owners to locate and recover their vehicles after they have been moved. -
Bucks County couple's negligence suit against Sandals resort may be thrown out
PHILADELPHIA – A Bucks County couple who allege that the husband-plaintiff suffered a series of injuries when he fell on a wet staircase at a Sandals resort in St. Lucia, may see their case dismissed if proper service of the complaint is not made. -
Legal services provider counters it didn't retaliate against employee for reporting discrimination
PHILADELPHIA – A nonprofit legal services provider has denied that it committed examples of racial and disability discrimination against one of its employees, allegedly in retaliation for her reporting similar behavior in the workplace. -
Adult shop proprietor settles constitutional rights case with Upper Merion Township
PHILADELPHIA – The proprietor of an adult store in Upper Merion Township is who sought to have a declaratory judgment issued that the township’s zoning codes and ordinances were unconstitutional, and thus, violated their rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, has settled their case. -
Walmart looks to dismiss wrongful death suit after infant allegedly dies from pillow lounger
PHILADELPHIA – Walmart is seeking to dismiss litigation filed by the Baltimore-based parents of an infant who died from suffocation, allegedly after being placed in the Boppy Original Newborn Lounger device. -
Sesame Place Philadelphia denies class action charges of discrimination against Black children
PHILADELPHIA – Sesame Place Philadelphia has denied that it or its employees discriminated against Black children during meet-and-greet sessions with some of the park’s costumed characters, in response to a Baltimore man’s class action suit claiming that it had done so. -
Chesco plaintiffs settle injury claims against Spirit of Philadelphia yacht
PHILADELPHIA – A Chester County couple who alleged that the wife-plaintiff was injured while aboard the Spirit of Philadelphia yacht and pursued claims the ship’s operators for negligence-related damages have settled their case. -
Class action suit: The Philadelphia Inquirer gave personal information to Facebook without subscriber consent
PHILADELPHIA – A pair of its digital subscribers have hit The Philadelphia Inquirer with a class action lawsuit, alleging the newspaper disclosed their personal information to Facebook without their consent, in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA). -
CHOP says firing of billing specialist was not due to her anxiety condition
PHILADELPHIA – The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia denies that it unlawfully terminated one of its longtime billing specialists after she requested an accommodation of her anxiety disorder. -
Philly jury finds for State Sen. Anthony Williams, in former admin's discrimination case
PHILADELPHIA – An ex-constituent services worker for state Sen. Anthony Williams who claims she was fired before Christmas in 2018 and after contracting breast cancer, has lost her case against the politician after a jury trial. -
Homeowners allege fire and $400K damages resulted from use of Rust-Oleum product
PHILADELPHIA – A pair of Pennsylvania homeowners allege that a wood-staining product they purchased at a local Home Depot store caused a significant fire at their residence and led to more than $400,000 in damages. -
TikTok wins dismissal of suit, filed after death of 10-year-old girl from 'Blackout Challenge'
PHILADELPHIA – Social media app TikTok has won dismissal of wrongful death litigation brought against it by the mother of a 10-year-old child who died in December due to attempting a “Blackout Challenge”. -
Philly woman settles suit over slip-and-fall at Borgata casino in Atlantic City, N.J.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia woman’s lawsuit against Marina District Development Company over a slip-and-fall on the floor of the Borgata casino in Atlantic City, N.J. has been settled. -
'Philly Jesus' loses malicious prosecution lawsuit against Phila. PD
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has dismissed litigation against the City of Philadelphia and a pair of police officers from a street preacher locally known as “Philly Jesus”, who filed a wrongful prosecution case against them after being arrested when he was evangelizing in a public park just before Christmas in 2019. -
JCPenney says no truth to Bensalem man's claims of injury at Oxford Valley Mall store
PHILADELPHIA – JCPenney has disavowed liability for severe injuries claimed to be suffered by a Bucks County Man, who took a fall at its store in Langhorne’s Oxford Valley Mall. -
Counts against prison medical chief dropped in man's suit over MRSA infection
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has retained claims against the City of Philadelphia, made by a man formerly in the local prison system alleging that sub-standard care led him to develop a MRSA infection and be permanently disfigured – while similar claims against the Chief of Medical Operations at the Philadelphia Department of Prisons have been dropped. -
Plaintiffs alleging racial discrimination on school admissions again lose motion for class certification
PHILADELPHIA – A group of plaintiffs who claimed in a class action suit that their children were denied admission to criteria-based schools due to the District’s discriminatory policies centered on race have temporarily lost their renewed motion for class certification.