U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Division
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Man seriously injured in tractor ride-gone-wrong sues manufacturer and Lowe's
PITTSBURGH – A local man has sued the manufacturer and retailer of a tractor he purchased, one he said featured a non-working brake pedal which caused him to crash the tractor and become seriously injured. -
Sixth-grade teacher allegedly fired from Catholic school for being gay fights to keep lawsuit going
PITTSBURGH – A sixth-grade teacher allegedly fired from Aquinas Academy once his employer learned of his same-sex marriage rejected the Diocese of Greensburg’s attempt to dismiss his case via its perceived exemption from anti-discrimination laws. -
Parents alleging private school failed to address bullying lose some claims from suit
PITTSBURGH – The parents of a Pittsburgh-area high school student have lost claims for punitive damages, attorney’s fees and a violation of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act in a lawsuit alleging their son was discriminated against for his race and ethnicity -
Pa. teenager sues Facebook and Instagram for allegedly causing her sleep deprivation, eating disorder and self-harm
PITTSBURGH – A Pennsylvania teenager has filed a lawsuit against Facebook and Instagram, holding the social media apps responsible for the development of her eating disorder and related self-harm, through their use of advertising and targeted algorithms designed to maximize user engagement. -
Judge throws out dismissal motion from Pittsburgh and the state, in suit over wireless tower placements
PITTSBURGH – The City of Pittsburgh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have lost an attempt to dismiss litigation from AT&T, which asserted that the defendants violated the Telecommunications Act of 1996 by their limiting of the company’s ability to place wireless facilities on telephone poles in the City’s rights-of-way. -
Art teacher who claimed age discrimination settles claims with Fox Chapel School District
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County art teacher who alleged that she was transferred from teaching at the middle school level to the elementary school level as a result of age-related discrimination in violation of federal law, has settled her claims. -
Catholic diocese says it had the right to terminate teacher in same sex-marriage
PITTSBURGH – A Catholic diocese in Pennsylvania alleges it was within its rights to terminate a teacher’s employment once it learned of his same-sex marriage, since it feels that its position as a religious institution exempts it from federal anti-discrimination laws. -
Mount Lebanon schools moves to dismiss parents' suit over transgender lesson in first grade
PITTSBURGH – The Mount Lebanon School District wants to dismiss a civil rights lawsuit brought by a trio of parents in a Pennsylvania federal court, which alleged their civil rights were violated when the District provided classroom instruction to their first-grade children on the topics of gender dysphoria and transgender transitioning. -
Ligonier man files suit after he was injured being thrown off electric skateboard
PITTSBURGH – A Westmoreland County man claims he was launched off an electric skateboard he ordered from the defendants, causing serious injuries to his hip and shoulder, among others. -
Corrections officer allegedly discriminated against for his ADHD settles his case
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania corrections officer who alleged he was discriminated against for his disability of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and not provided proper accommodations when taking a written test required for his role, has settled his claims with the state corrections agency. -
DHS peer coach says she was discriminated against and fired, after complaining to H.R.
PITTSBURGH – A coach within Allegheny County’s Department of Human Services contends that she was retaliated against and fired from her role within the department, in response to her reporting alleged discrimination tactics against her for being an African-American woman. -
Resolution in the works for suit over ownership of Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team
PITTSBURGH – A tentative resolution has been devised in ongoing litigation seeking to settle the score as to the definitive ownership of the National Hockey League’s Pittsburgh Penguins team, while a related state court proceeding plays out. -
American Eagle does not get summary judgment, in its trademark infringement suit against Walmart
PITTSBURGH – A U.S. District Court judge has denied American Eagle Outfitters’ motion for summary judgment in a trademark infringement lawsuit it filed against Walmart, over the design of a line of women’s jeans the latter retailer introduced in 2018. -
Trinity Area School District says details are lacking in girls' basketball player's retaliation suit
PITTSBURGH – Trinity Area School District contends that amended litigation brought by a 16-year-old student and girls basketball player at Trinity High School, which alleged she was subject to retaliation after reporting allegations of a sexual assault committed against another student by a member of the boys’ basketball team, has not introduced more detailed information to support its claims. -
Medical company is dismissed from breast cancer suit over FDA-recalled surgical scaffold
PITTSBURGH – One medical company has been dismissed from a couple’s litigation alleging that the wife-plaintiff developed breast cancer after not being informed that a surgical scaffold used in her 2015 breast augmentation surgery was the subject of an FDA recall, 10 days after said surgery. -
Suit: Plaintiff's right ankle fracture the result of electric scooter bought on eBay
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman claims she was seriously injured by the electric scooter she bought on eBay, when its handlebars suddenly collapsed, causing her to lose her balance and fall, sustaining a right ankle fracture. -
Lawsuit: W.Va. man loses four toes when concrete panels fall on his foot at work
PITTSBURGH – A West Virginia man claims that defective concrete panels manufactured by the defendant, came loose and fell on his right foot during a work assignment taking place at another company, leading four of his toes to be severed. -
Pittsburgh denies claims in case of tasered theft suspect who later died from injuries
PITTSBURGH – The City of Pittsburgh has denied liability in litigation between itself and the estate of a deceased man, who was tasered nine times by a local police officer due to being initially considered a suspect in a bicycle theft and who later died from his injuries. -
Fayette County denies inmate worker was subjected to inhumane conditions
PITTSBURGH – Fayette County and its corrections officials have denied that they covered up an inmate worker’s injuries and subjected him to inhumane living conditions during his time of incarceration. -
Injunction sidestepped in parents' lawsuit over school teaching gender dysphoria and transgender transitioning
PITTSBURGH – In a civil rights lawsuit brought by a trio of parents in a Pennsylvania federal court, which alleged their civil rights were violated when the Mount Lebanon School District provided classroom instruction to their first-grade children on the topics of gender dysphoria and transgender transitioning, the parties have resolved and avoided the issuance of a preliminary injunction.