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Greensburg police lieutenant settles age discrimination claims for $35K
PITTSBURGH – A Greensburg police officer has settled claims of age discrimination connected to the City’s failing to promote him in favor of other candidates, for $35,000. -
Judge dismisses Kentucky company from fatal ATV accident case, while West Virginia defendant remains
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has ruled that a Kentucky company is dismissed from a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the survivor of a fatal ATV accident in West Virginia, while its co-defendant, also based in West Virginia, will remain a part of the action. -
Bi-racial high school student settles discrimination claims connected to track-and-field meet
PITTSBURGH – A bi-racial high school student who filed a lawsuit alleging racism led her coach to benching her at a championship track meet, has settled her discrimination claims. -
Judge stays remanding of customers' suit against Target, while applicable Third Circuit cases are pending
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has stayed the remanding of a class action lawsuit brought by two customers against Target for alleged violation of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act to state court, until pending cases in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit which could affect the instant case’s result are resolved. -
Former Allegheny County employee says executive violated the law by instituting COVID-19 vaccine mandate
PITTSBURGH – A local man argues that an Allegheny County official exceeded the bounds of his authority when he instituted a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all county employees in the summer of 2021, in violation of his religious objections and exemption. -
USA says man's death at Veterans Administration hospital wasn't due to its alleged substandard care
PITTSBURGH – The United States of America has denied allegations that sub-standard care provided by a Veterans Administration hospital in Pittsburgh, led to the wrongful death of a 56 year-old man at the facility. -
Former Pittsburgh teacher fired for right-wing Facebook loses counts, defendants from suit
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has concurred with a magistrate colleague on the bench and adopted their report and recommendations as to litigation from a former veteran schoolteacher against the Pittsburgh School District and its Board of Education, which charged she was wrongfully terminated after she posted a right-wing article accompanied by racist language on her personal Facebook page. -
Pittsburgh man involved in tractor crash settles claims with manufacturer and Lowe's
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man has settled claims against an Ohio manufacturer and Lowe’s for the injuries he allegedly sustained when the inoperable brake pedal of a tractor he purchased, caused him to crash the tractor. -
Ohio rail company resolves claims for train collision death of 15-year-old girl in South Fayette Township
PITTSBURGH – 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 nearly three years ago. -
Judge remands class action suit against Target for lack of federal jurisdiction
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has remanded a class action lawsuit brought by two customers against Target for alleged violation of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act to state court, for lack of jurisdiction at the federal level. -
Volkswagen credit company says Lackawanna County seized vehicle that rightfully belongs to it
SCRANTON – A Volkswagen business trust claims that a vehicle it was legally entitled to repossess when its lessee defaulted on payments, was instead taken by Lackawanna County and another auto company, when that same lessee was arrested in April of last year. -
Judge dismisses defendants from suit stemming from feud between nonprofit and Rostraver officials
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has cited jurisdictional reasons for his dismissal of defendants from litigation surrounding a municipal feud, over property a nonprofit group purchased to help provide military veterans with service dogs. -
Survival, wrongful death counts dropped from suit in fatal drowning of woman with dementia
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has conditionally dismissed counts of survival and wrongful death against a taxi cab company, who a plaintiff says was responsible for the death of a woman afflicted with dementia, who was dropped off by one of the company’s cabs and wandered alone before later drowning in the swimming pool of one of the suit’s co-defendants. -
Judge approves removal of defendant from suit over FDA-recalled surgical scaffold
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has approved the dismissal of one medical company 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. -
Pittsburgh school ready to settle claims it allowed student to be bullied
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh-area high school stands ready to settle claims that it permitted one of its students to be discriminated against for his race and ethnicity, or that it failed to address the pervasive bullying he was experiencing, which led him to be afflicted with an eating disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. -
Kentucky group again argues lack of Pa. jurisdiction in fatal ATV accident suit
PITTSBURGH – A Kentucky company has filed its second dismissal motion on the topics of venue and jurisdiction, in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the survivor of a fatal ATV accident in West Virginia. -
Family who alleged being terrorized by Pittsburgh police officers settles claims
PITTSBURGH – A local family who filed suit against the City of Pittsburgh and a dozen or more Pittsburgh police officers stemming from an incident more than three years ago where the plaintiffs say police followed them home, burst into their home without a warrant and physically assaulted them, has settled claims. -
Black auto detailer's racial discrimination claims survive defendant's dismissal attempt
PITTSBURGH – An African-American man’s claims of racial discrimination surrounding his time as an auto detailer for a Pittsburgh-area business have survived the defendant’s attempt at dismissal. -
More than one year since filing of suit over ladder fall, plaintiffs still trying to serve defendant
PITTSBURGH – Thirteen months after their complaint was filed, a Western Pennsylvania couple who sued Amazon and the manufacturer of a ladder they claim was defective, after the wife-plaintiff fell from the ladder while conducting an insurance estimate at a home in Erie, continue to attempt to complete service of the suit upon one of the defendants. -
Ex-Fayette County inmate worker settles suit over alleged civil rights violations and living conditions
PITTSBURGH – An inmate worker at Fayette County Prison who was injured during a scheduled assignment and said prison officials both hid the extent of his injuries and subjected him to inhumane living conditions during his time of incarceration, has settled his case.