U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Division
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Per judicial order, defendant in Holiday Inn hotel injury suit avoids default judgment
PITTSBURGH – One defendant has dodged a default judgment, in a Michigan family’s lawsuit alleging that an improperly placed duck crossing sign outside a Pittsburgh-area Holiday Inn hotel was the cause of injuries they sustained. -
Allegheny County looking to dismiss suit from sheriff's deputy who claimed COVID vax violated his beliefs
PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County and its Sheriff’s Office are seeking to dismiss litigation which alleged that they failed to reasonably accommodate the religious beliefs of one of its employees, when it mandated obtaining vaccination against COVID-19. -
Court grants partial dismissal of lawsuit over COVID-19 death of college football player
PITTSBURGH – A federal court has granted a partial dismissal of claims connected to the COVID-19-related death of a superstar lineman for Pennsylvania Western University California, in 2020. -
Couple say police SWAT team damaged their home in attempt to find shooting suspect
PITTSBURGH – A local couple alleges that City of Pittsburgh and Borough of Monroeville police officers violated their civil rights and those of their family by unlawfully using paramilitary force to break into their house, detain them, destroy their belongings and contaminate their home with tear gas, this past January. -
Death of 20-year-old Texas man on off-road vehicle leads to Allegheny Co. wrongful death lawsuit
PITTSBURGH – The manufacturer of an off-road utility vehicle has removed litigation to federal court which accuses it of failing to properly construct and design the vehicle, in such a way as to have prevented the death of a 20-year-old Texas man in July of 2021. -
Pittsburgh man pinned against gasoline pump says no need to join additional parties in case
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man pinned against a gasoline pump by a car involved in a nearby automobile accident is refuting an attempt by British Petroleum to dismiss his case, due to an alleged failure to join necessary parties. -
Pittsburgh ZBA and member deny liability for real estate group's million-dollar losses
PITTSBURGH – The City of Pittsburgh’s Zoning Board of Adjustment and one of its members have denied allegations they had a conflict of interest which caused a real estate development group to incur seven-figure losses. -
Defendant in Holiday Inn hotel injury suit may be found in default, if plaintiffs have their way
PITTSBURGH – One defendant may be subject to default judgment, in a Michigan family’s lawsuit alleging that an improperly placed duck crossing sign outside a Pittsburgh-area Holiday Inn hotel was the cause of injuries they sustained. -
Several defendants dismissed from suit between service dogs nonprofit and Rostraver Township
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has pointed to a lack of jurisdiction for his dismissal of several defendants from litigation surrounding a municipal feud, over property a nonprofit group purchased to help provide military veterans with service dogs. -
Judge orders settlement over train death of 15-year-old girl to be filed under seal
PITTSBURGH – By order of a federal judge, an Ohio rail company has resolved claims connected to the death of a 15-year-old girl, who was struck by a train while crossing a railroad bridge in South Fayette Township three years ago, under seal. -
Towing company wants civil rights lawsuit thrown out
PITTSBURGH – A local man alleges his vehicle was impounded by Pittsburgh authorities and a towing company without allowing him a hearing before an impartial officer on the matter, thereby violating his due process rights under the U.S. Constitution, while the company has motioned for the suit to be dismissed. -
Defendants argue child's parents weren't supervising him, leading to injuries outside Holiday Inn
PITTSBURGH – Two defendants named in a Michigan family’s lawsuit alleging that an improperly placed duck crossing sign outside a Pittsburgh-area Holiday Inn hotel was the cause of injuries they sustained, have denied such liability and issued cross-claims and counterclaims against the plaintiffs. -
Plaintiff pinned against BP gasoline pump didn't join necessary parties, defense argues
PITTSBURGH – One defendant named in a federal court lawsuit for injuries that a Pittsburgh man suffered, when he was pinned against a gasoline pump at one of its stations by one car involved in a nearby automobile accident, insists the suit should be dismissed, due to the plaintiff’s failure to join necessary parties to the case. -
Allegheny County looking to dismiss suit from corrections officer who claimed she was fired for refusing COVID vax
PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County is seeking to dismiss litigation from a veteran corrections officer who alleged she was fired for refusing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, a treatment she wouldn’t consent to because she believes it violates her sincerely-held religious beliefs. -
McKeesport, officials looking to dismiss conspiracy charges from bus company's second suit
PITTSBURGH – The City of McKeesport, its mayor and city administrator are attempting to dismiss a charge of civil conspiracy levied against them by a school bus transportation company, who alleged they, the McKeesport Area School District and other officials collectively acted to remove the company from an agreement to provide the District with busing as an act of political retaliation. -
Allegheny County says it was following the rules when rejecting religious reasons for COVID vax refusal
PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County insists that it did not violate its own Home Rule Charter and Administrative Code and that it is immune from a count of negligent infliction of emotional distress, in a lawsuit over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate allegedly violating a plaintiff’s religious objections. -
24-year-old man who made false arrest claims against Aliquippa police settles case
PITTSBURGH – A 24-year-old Western Pennsylvania man who claimed that members of the Aliquippa Police Department unlawfully arrested him, assaulted him while he was in custody and filed false affidavits to justify the arrest after the fact, has reached a settlement with the department and the officers in question. -
Woman loses lawsuit against Pittsburgh and police officer she says arrested her for not supporting Trump
PITTSBURGH – One Pittsburgh police officer successfully defended himself from a lawsuit brought by a woman who alleged she was unlawfully arrested because she didn’t support former President Donald Trump. -
Judge: Greensburg Diocese will not receive bifurcated discovery, in gay former teacher's discrimination case
PITTSBURGH – The Diocese of Greensburg has lost out on its attempt to bifurcate the discovery process, in a lawsuit spurred by its decision to fire a sixth-grade teacher from Aquinas Academy after learning of his same-sex marriage – where it argued that to employ him would be contrary to Catholic values and an infringement upon its rights to religious freedom under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. -
Man says his smoking materials didn't cause fire, still blames iPhone
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania man who accused Apple and Verizon of committing negligence and product liability defects, when an iPhone 6s Plus smartphone allegedly exploded and seriously injured him – has rejected the defense’s summary judgment motion, which instead placed the cause of the plaintiff’s injuries and related fire on his improperly-discarded smoking materials.