U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Division
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Settlement reached for cleaning technician who said he was target of anti-Islamic discrimination
PHILADELPHIA – A cleaning technician at Drexel University who alleged he was discriminated against for his Islamic faith on multiple occasions and later fired from his role in violation of federal law, has settled his case. -
Parents who alleged their home was stormed by Philly deputies lose case
PHILADELPHIA – Parent plaintiffs who claimed multiple officers from the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Department violated their civil rights when they executed a search warrant at their home in an attempt to find the plaintiffs’ son – who had been murdered five months before the search took place – have seen their case dismissed by the City per the doctrine of res judicata. -
Federal judge says state-created danger case against Marple Township police will proceed
PHILADELPHIA – The estate of a man left at a bus stop while in an intoxicated state by Marple Township police officers and killed by a passing vehicle shortly thereafter more than two years ago, will proceed in its case that the Township, its Police Department and a plethora of officers are responsible for the man’s death. -
Philly man allegedly burned by exploding candle settles personal injury lawsuit
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man’s lawsuit claiming that a candle he had lit nearly three years ago caught fire and ignited in an explosive fashion – causing him to suffer severe burns to his fingers, hands and arms – has been settled, after a successful arbitration session. -
Police tased and permanently blinded toddler, lawsuit claims
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia woman alleges that a pair of Philadelphia police officers who were investigating a domestic incident in the vicinity of her apartment, indiscriminately fired their energy weapons and struck her two-year-old son in the chest and eye, causing him permanent blindness and other injuries. -
Suit: Philadelphia police officers failed to prevent man's death from overdose in custody
PHILADELPHIA – The widow of a 44-year-old man who died of a drug overdose while in custody of the Philadelphia Police Department two-and-a-half years ago has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against two Department officers, charging they failed to take procedural steps which may have saved her late husband’s life. -
HomeGoods operating company removed from woman's desk chair injury lawsuit
PHILADELPHIA – A HomeGoods operating company has been dismissed from a lawsuit brought against a Marshalls HomeGoods store in Northeast Philadelphia, which alleged a local woman was injured more than two years ago, when a desk chair she was seated on unexpectedly moved and she fell. -
City of Philadelphia wants to dismiss 'vague' civil rights lawsuit from transgender firefighter
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia is looking to dismiss litigation from a transgender Philadelphia firefighter, who said she was blocked from gaining insurance benefits to pay for her gender-affirmation surgeries and subsequently became suicidal. -
Cisgender male who said he was fired from adult establishment loses PHRA claim for now
PHILADELPHIA – A former cleaner and clerk at a Bucks County-based adult establishment who claimed that he was discriminated against and terminated from his employment, based upon his designation as a cisgender male, has retained his federal law claim and, for the moment, lost a claim brought under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act. -
Registered trademark litigation continues to have education law-based firms at odds
PHILADELPHIA – A local law firm continues to seek review of an order which struck down its attempt to cancel a Bucks County-based firm’s trademark surrounding the phrase “Education Lawyers," in reference to both of their areas of legal expertise. -
Families of Chester children killed by passing Amtrak train have case dismissed without prejudice
PHILADELPHIA – For the moment, a federal judge has dismissed litigation from the estates of two minor children from Chester, who were killed one year ago by a passing Amtrak train going from New York to Washington, D.C., through granting the transit company’s motion for judgment on the pleadings. -
Couple say husband's back injuries was the result of negligence at Texas Roadhouse restaurant
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia couple allege that a Bensalem location of the Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain was negligent in the conduct of its employees, leading the husband-plaintiff to be struck with a serving tray, fall and suffer a severe back injury. -
Plaintiff says institutional failures resulted in his assault by another Curran-Fromhold inmate
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man asserts that institutional failures on the part of the City of Philadelphia and Curran Fromhold Correctional Facility leadership resulted in him being the subject of a severe assault at the facility, at the hands of another inmate. -
UPenn says its faculty’s lawsuit over Congressional anti-Semitism investigation is meritless
PHILADELPHIA – Prior to filing a motion to dismiss, counsel for the University of Pennsylvania have countered litigation from a group of the school’s professors – a suit which alleged the school’s cooperation with Congressional investigations into anti-Semitic activity on campus is tantamount to a modern form of “McCarthyism” – with an argument that the case lacks legal standing. -
Schuylkill County plaintiffs say defective Yankee Candle caused $342K in fire damage to their home
PHILADELPHIA – A Schuylkill County couple alleges that a Yankee Candle they had inside their home was defective and caused a fire, which they say led to extensive renovations at their property costing more than $342,000. -
Philly woman sues National Park Service, federal and city governments after sidewalk fall
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia woman asserts she suffered a variety of injuries due to a sidewalk fall which took place in front of Independence Hall, in Philadelphia’s Old City district, and claims both the federal and local governments are responsible for her fall. -
Philadelphia's Juvenile Probation Dept. gets partial dismissal of counts in class action sexual abuse suit
PHILADELPHIA – In a class action, sexual abuse lawsuit brought by seven former residents of The Summit Academy, Philadelphia’s Juvenile Probation Department has received dismissal of certain federal civil rights and state-law claims lodged against it. -
Former Bucks County Technical High School student says impact weapons drill broke her finger
PHILADELPHIA – A former EMS student at Bucks County Technical High School alleges she suffered a broken left pinky finger, after being compelled to participate in a mandatory impact weapons drill featuring batons and punch paddles. -
Wrongful death suit which alleged Safelite window killed plaintiff’s wife in crash is dismissed
PHILADELPHIA – The estate of a woman killed when a piece of metal came through her windshield while driving and which had sued Safelite, has voluntarily dismissed its case. -
Delaware County corrections guard union alleges County and officials targeted and terminated its members
PHILADELPHIA – More than a dozen members of an independent union of corrections guards in Delaware County contend they were terminated without cause or due process after the County resumed control of their workplace, George W. Hill Correctional Facility, in 2022 and tried to disband their union.