PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a suit against West Reading-based Service Caster Corp. alleging the company subjected Puerto Rican Pentecostal employees to retaliation and discrimination because of their race and religion.
PHILADELPHIA – An Asian-American female business owner is claiming the denial of her contract bids to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is because of her race and sex - costing taxpayers more than $5 million.
PHILADELPHIA – Pennsylvania-based Dutch Gold and a honey industry organization responsible for product certification are facing a class action lawsuit filed by a New Jersey woman who claims they are "mislabeling and misdescribing" Dutch's Buckwheat Honey product.
PHILADELPHIA - A bus driver’s lawsuit against Wallingford-Swarthmore School District, its superintendent and human resources director, which stemmed from the revocation of his union membership, has been dismissed.
PHILADELPHIA - A company accused of a data breach that included releasing all W-2s for its U.S. employers to a cybercriminal will soon pay a settlement from a class action lawsuit.
PHILADELPHIA - A group of Comcast consumers was given the green light to settle a class action lawsuit against the cable provider, and plaintiffs attorneys will make $1.1 million.
PHILADELPHIA - A federal judge in Pennsylvania dismissed claims that stem from a young girl's kidnapping and sexual assault, and declined to exercise jurisdiction on other related claims.
PHILADELPHIA - Khepera Charter School has been ordered to pay attorneys fees of $14,412.83, and the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) will pay $72,521 more to a lawyer for a woman who claimed her disabled child was not provided with a free appropriate public education (FAPE).
PHILADELPHIA - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has denied Sheila Durnell and Charles Opdenaker’s motion to remand their class action lawsuit against several health care providers back to Delaware County state court.
PHILADELPHIA – The owners of a commercial property in Easton's Centre Square and a Michigan sign manufacturer have filed suit against the city and its zoning hearing board challenging the city's interpretation of a sign ordinance and alleging violation of their civil rights due to the city's denying them variance for larger signage.
PHILADELPHIA - A dancer at a New Jersey strip club that doubled as a main setting for the HBO show The Sopranos has lost her defamation lawsuit over a photograph of her used in a news article about alleged real-life mafia ties.
PHILADELPHIA — An American Airlines attendant based in Philadelphia who allegedly lost use of one eye when an overhead bin she was attempting to unlatch flew open and a laptop struck her alleges The Boeing Co. is liable for her injuries.
PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia-based financial services firm is suing a former employee and his current employer over a contract dispute involving a nearly $2.5 million promissory note and the alleged misappropriation of confidential information.
PHILADELPHIA – A law firm representing various creditors and utilizing "post-judgment depositions" as part of its debt recovery efforts has been denied its motion to dismiss a class action suit brought against the firm alleging violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
Philadelphia – Tropical Naturals won a copyright lawsuit over the use of a trademark for soap in a decision handed down Sept. 10 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA – A lawsuit brought by two female officers alleging a near decade-long pattern of harassment and discrimination against them from inside the Philadelphia Police Department has led to the resignation of Police Commissioner Richard Ross.
