U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Division
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Philadelphia wins partial protective order for police records in sexual harassment and discrimination suit
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia has been partially granted a protective order over a number of investigative records being sought in a case brought by a pair of female Philadelphia police officers, who claim they were the longtime targets of harassment and discrimination. -
Plaintiff says bureaucratic failures from City of Chester and others led to boy's death in house fire
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man alleges that multiple systemic failures on the part of the City of Chester, a Chester landlord and the Philadelphia Electric Company, directly led to the death of a minor boy in a house fire two years ago. -
Lawsuit: Chichester School District officials discriminated against facilities director over his race and medical condition
PHILADELPHIA – A facilities director at a Delaware County school claims that he was discriminated against for his race and medical condition by other school personnel, before being fired. -
Attacked Lionville Middle School counselor update: District claims plaintiff didn't show it violated her constitutional rights
PHILADELPHIA – A Chester County school district contends that a plaintiff claiming it did not warn her about working with a student who had shown violent behavior prior to being attacked and injured by that same student, has not proven her case. -
Delaware County, ready for trial, seeking $32 million for collapse of parking garage
PHILADELPHIA – A trial is upcoming in an insurance case in which Delaware County wants insurance coverage to the tune of $32 million, for damages it alleges it suffered when a 12-ton panel fell on one of its parking garages and adjacent buildings. -
Plaintiff alleges malicious prosecution resulting from drug arrest and charges which were later dropped
PHILADELPHIA – A man targeted by a Philadelphia Police Department narcotics investigation and arrested in 2018, but whose charges were later dropped the following year, contends that he was wrongfully arrested and subjected to malicious prosecution. -
Airport assault update: Texas flight company seeking to throw passenger's suit out of federal court
PHILADELPHIA – A Texas aviation company is seeking to throw out a lawsuit filed by a Chester County woman, who claimed she was physically assaulted by an American Airlines baggage claim agent at the Philadelphia International Airport last year, after inquiring about her missing bag. -
Absence of testimony from man shot with crossbow leads to summary judgment granted for weapon's manufacturer
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has granted a crossbow manufacturer’s motion for summary judgment in dismissing a case brought by the widow of a man who was shot in the foot with the company’s device, finding that the absence of testimony at the moment of the incident precluded the case from going to trial. -
Behavioral health associate says after pointing out drug facility's wrongdoing, he was retaliated against and fired
PHILADELPHIA – An associate at a drug treatment center claims that his employer and its personnel violated public policy, by retaliating against him for exercising his rights and making a good faith report of wrongdoing and waste. -
Plaintiff who filed Securities Exchange Act lawsuit against Nielsen has dropped his case, filed other actions
PHILADELPHIA – After a Nielsen Holdings shareholder claimed that the recent $2.7 billion acquisition of its Global Connect service by Advent International Corporation violated the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the plaintiff chose to discontinue the case before the defendants could answer the litigation. -
Frontier Airlines defamation case update: Company claims contractor's suit is groundless
PHILADELPHIA – Frontier Airlines and one of its regional managers deny that they were responsible for defaming a ground contractor and causing her to lose out on a position with another company. -
Makers of Steaz tea say class action claims against its sugar content are meritless
PHILADELPHIA – The makers of Steaz’s “Organic Lightly Sweetened Iced Green Tea” contend that a class action lawsuit brought against it from plaintiffs all over the U.S., alleging the beverage contains higher-than-healthy sugar levels, is baseless in all of its claims. -
Woman claims she was physically assaulted at Philadelphia International Airport over missing luggage
PHILADELPHIA – A Chester County woman alleges that she was physically assaulted by an American Airlines baggage claim agent at the Philadelphia International Airport last year, after inquiring about her missing bag. -
Sexual abuse lawsuit filed against Bethlehem Area School District
PHILADELPHIA - An anonymous Philadelphia family brought a civil lawsuit against the Bethlehem Area School District in Northampton County over the alleged rape of their son, according to court documents filed Feb. 24 in the Pennsylvania Eastern District Court. -
Civil rights suit against Pottstown re-opened and appeal given green-light from federal judge
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has decreed that a Philadelphia man’s civil rights-based lawsuit against municipal entities in Pottstown be re-opened and he be permitted to appeal, after finding the plaintiff demonstrated a credible reason for delay subsequent to his appeal attempt initially being denied. -
Six-figure dispute over collectible 'Magic: The Gathering' cards about to head to trial in Philly court
PHILADELPHIA – A six-figure financial dispute between collectors of rare “Magic: The Gathering” playing cards that is centered on fraud accusations will soon go to trial in a Philadelphia federal court. -
Wawa says lawsuit over planned Royal Farms convenience store is a business dispute, not an antitrust case
PHILADELPHIA – Wawa is seeking to dismiss a New Jersey developer’s anti-trust litigation against a Pennsylvania competitor, which claimed the latter is conspiring to prevent it from developing a major retail project featuring the Royal Farms Convenience Store in the vicinity of a Merck headquarters. -
Judge cites Pa. statute of limitations in dismissing Arizona man's suit against Archdiocese of Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA – The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has won dismissal of a lawsuit filed by an Arizona man for sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of a local priest when he was a boy, with a federal judge concluding that Pennsylvania’s two-year statute of limitations stopped the case from proceeding. -
Fencing academy owner alleges online records database website defamed him with false claim of criminal history
PHILADELPHIA – A Bucks County man and fencing instruction facility owner alleges he was defamed by the MyLife.com website, claiming that its promise to subscribers to reveal damaging legal information about him was shown to be false. -
Flight contractor claims she lost out on a new job due to regional manager's false statements
PHILADELPHIA – A ground contractor providing services and support to Frontier Airlines flights and crews at Philadelphia International Airport claims she was defamed by her regional manager and caused to lose out on a position with another organization.