PHILADELPHIA – In litigation where defendants were accused of not providing more than 151,000 COVID-19 test kits or a refund to a retailer who paid it nearly $2 million, third-party defendants named in a later version of the complaint have lost their attempt to be dismissed from it.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has authorized a settlement between a group of plaintiffs and the City of Philadelphia, over the plaintiffs’ claims the City failed to maintain its sidewalks to provide proper access to disabled citizens in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
PHILADELPHIA – Airbnb is seeking to dismiss or stay all proceedings in the case of a South Philly landlord whose property sustained extensive damages in 2020, allegedly from a renter-turned-squatter who then subletted the residential space.
PHILADELPHIA – A California woman has settled her case against a King of Prussia beauty salon, which claimed she developed a staph infection due to the salon’s unsanitary practices.
PHILADELPHIA – A man incarcerated at the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center alleges that prison officials ignored the prior conduct of two fellow inmates with a propensity for violent behavior, who attacked the plaintiff with a homemade weapon last summer.
ALLENTOWN – A non-denominational Christian pastor has sued two Reading police officers, the Reading School District and the City of Reading, after he claims his constitutional rights were violated due to his being arrested from a demonstration held just outside Reading Senior High School this past January.
PHILADELPHIA – The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) has denied liability for the death of one of its former conductors from COVID-19, charging his estate has failed to properly plead such a claim.
PHILADELPHIA – A South Philly landlord alleges that a man who rented out his residence through an Airbnb listing became a squatter and pseudo-landlord himself and did tremendous damage to the property for three months in 2020, and is now suing the company to recoup those costs.
PHILADELPHIA – A local man maintains he was the victim of excessive force from a member of the Philadelphia Police Department two years ago, when an officer shot him three times during his suffering of a mental health episode.
PHILADELPHIA – The case of a man who spent over 12 years in prison for murder and was later exonerated, who then sued the City of Philadelphia and a former Philadelphia Police Department detective whom he alleges sexually assaulted him, has now been consolidated with other actions against that same, now-incarcerated former detective.
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - Amerisource Bergen asked a federal judge to dismiss a Justice Department lawsuit accusing it of filling hundreds of thousands of suspicious opioid orders, saying the government is seeking billions of dollars in fines for violating “hopelessly vague” rules it refuses to identify with any specificity.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has granted motions to dismiss from several defendants, in the civil rights violation case of a man who argues he was erroneously convicted of three murders, for which he served 28 years in prison.
PHILADELPHIA – Amtrak has asked for 60 days in which to complete what it refers to as necessary discovery and depositions, in a suit brought by one of its employees under the Federal Railroad Safety Act, after the plaintiff allegedly faced intimidation and bullying from a supervisor, subsequent to suffering an on-the-job injury.
PHILADELPHIA – A local jury found for the City of Philadelphia in litigation brought by a former inmate of SCI-Graterford, who claimed local law enforcement officials did not take proper care in transporting him and others who were confined to wheelchairs – leading him to suffer a concussion, chest and spinal injuries.
PHILADELPHIA – A local man alleges he was assaulted and battered by a series of corrections officers while in custody at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility two years ago.
PHILADELPHIA – The estate of a Southern New Jersey man has sued the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), alleging that the agency failed to protect him in his work as a conductor and subsequently led him to contract a two year-long and fatal case of COVID-19.
PHILADELPHIA – An inmate at the Bucks County Correctional Facility alleges he was denied adequate and timely medical care, when he suffered a broken heel after falling from the furniture in his cell.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Dionna Brooks against Daniel Stevens and National Railroad Passenger Corporation on Feb. 10.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Brooke Jones against Removery Tattoo Removal & Fading on Feb. 10: 'Complaint Against Removery Tattoo Removal & Fading ( Filing Fee $ 402 Receipt Number Apaedc-16494962.), Filed By Brooke Jones. (attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet And Designation Form)(Koller, David) (entered: 02/10/2023)'.
