U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
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East Stroudsburg nursing home update: Estate of patient who died from necrotic ulcer settles
SCRANTON – A settlement has been reached between the estate of a nursing home patient who died of a necrotic ulcer and an East Stroudsburg care facility where she allegedly suffered the fatal injury. -
Shot-by-rifle case update: Remington's bankruptcy proceedings stay injury lawsuit
HARRISBURG – Bankruptcy proceedings involving firearms manufacturer Remington have stayed a product liability lawsuit from the mother and grandfather of a minor injured by the allegedly errant discharge of a rifle, filed against both it and DuPont. -
Harassment at Longhorn update: Steakhouse says servers' case doesn't belong in court
SCRANTON – Longhorn Steakhouse argues two former servers at its Wilkes-Barre restaurant location have failed to convince that their dispute shouldn’t be governed by the company’s internal dispute resolution process and further, by the Federal Arbitration Act. -
Navient summary judgment reply brief slams Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The Navient Corporation blasted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in an Aug. 18 legal filing, claiming the federal agency’s lawsuit against the company “suffers from a basic failure of proof.” -
Welder alleges coal company to blame for second-degree burns from 'catastrophic' gas explosion
SCRANTON – A welder who suffered second-degree burns in a “catastrophic” gas explosion at a job site is suing the corporate owner of the property where his accident took place. -
Shippensburg University employee sues, says supervisor invited her to threesome
HARRISBURG – A Shippensburg University director of testing has sued the institution for damages after claiming a female colleague made numerous unwanted sexual advances towards her – and that the school not only initially failed to listen to her story, but refused to reinstate her employment. -
Meatpacking plant workers update: They say OSHA's denial of COVID hazard conditions is 'arbitrary and capricious'
SCRANTON – Workers at a meatpacking plant in Northeastern Pennsylvania allege not only a failure by their company to protect its workers from contracting the coronavirus, but a response from federal government agencies denying the issue as “arbitrary and capricious.” -
Cop-killer's guns update: Pa. State Police seek dismissal of parents' lawsuit
SCRANTON – Along with the Pike County District Attorney’s Office, the Pennsylvania State Police is seeking to dismiss civil rights violations claims from the parents of a man who committed a murderous attack against a Pennsylvania State Police barracks in 2014, for what they feel was an unlawful seizure of their cache of firearms. -
Sex change case update: Transgender makes argument against insurer
HARRISBURG – A transgender male state employee responds that federal laws preclude a Pennsylvania-affiliated health care provider from discriminating against him and denying insurance coverage for his gender/sex-affirming surgery. -
New York plaintiffs sue Potter County campground after woman falls and breaks her shoulder entering cabin
WILLIAMSPORT – A New York couple are bringing suit against the Potter Family Campground for negligence, after one of the plaintiffs fell upon entering a cabin there and sustained a broken shoulder. -
Legal malpractice case over legal malpractice case might be transferred
PHILADELPHIA – For reasons of judicial interest and convenience to the parties, a Philadelphia law firm is seeking to transfer a legal malpractice claim brought against it to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. -
York County denies liability for death of man killed in custody with methamphetamines in his system
SCRANTON – York County defendants deny all responsibility for the in-custody death of a Delaware man who was later found to be the victim of homicide and with a high level of amphetamines in his system. -
State athletic group says it did not infringe on rights of Dunmore School District in reclassifying basketball program
SCRANTON – The state’s high school sports governing body argues it did not violate the rights of Dunmore School District when it reclassified its high school girls’ basketball program to another level of athletic competition. -
Fatal chairlift fall update: Blue Mountain Resort denies liability
SCRANTON – Blue Mountain Resort has denied allegations it was responsible for the death of a man who suffered a fatal fall from a chairlift and says the decedent’s estate has not stated a claim upon which relief could or should be granted. -
Fired photographer update: State GOP says it wasn't because he's a Muslim
HARRISBURG – Republican politicians in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives say they were justified in firing one of their former photographers for legitimate reasons and not for the unlawful reason he cites, which was his practice of the Islamic faith. -
Pike County DA says lawful search warrant covers weapons seizure from family of cop killer Frein
SCRANTON – The Pike County District Attorney’s Office says the execution of a lawful search warrant is sufficient to dismiss civil rights violations claims from the parents of a man who committed a murderous attack against a Pennsylvania State Police barracks in 2014, for what they feel was an unlawful seizure of their cache of firearms. -
Longhorn Steakhouse says Federal Arbitration Act precludes harassment dispute and suit from ex-servers
SCRANTON – In opposing the sexual harassment complaint of two former servers at its Wilkes-Barre restaurant location, Longhorn Steakhouse says the lawsuit is governed and precluded by the Federal Arbitration Act. -
Feds respond to workers' fear of COVID-19 exposure at meatpacking plant
SCRANTON – Workers at a meatpacking plant in Northeastern Pennsylvania allege their company’s failure to protect its workers will leave them and others at risk of contracting the coronavirus, while the federal government agencies they are attempting to have intervene complain their inspection process is being “hijacked.” -
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Scranton CBD shop owner says he was wrongfully arrested for receiving product shipments mistaken for marijuana
SCRANTON – A Scranton cannabidiol (CBD) shop owner says he was targeted and unlawfully prosecuted for receiving shipments of his product, when the authorities believed he had been receiving shipments of marijuana instead. -
Harrisburg and Md. law firm assert that architect's copyright infringement claim is baseless
HARRISBURG – Counsel for the City of Harrisburg and a Maryland law firm counter that an architect who sued them for alleged copyright infringement over using his draft chapters for developing a new comprehensive land plan has failed to state a proper claim.