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CBS Philly female producer alleges station violated Equal Pay Act
PHILADELPHIA — A CBS Philly producer is alleging the station violated the Equal Pay Act and that she faced retaliation for reporting the violation. -
Car dealership alleges City of Philadelphia illegally seized, sold vehicle at auction
PITTSBURGH — A car dealership alleges the City of Philadelphia illegally seized one of its stolen vehicles and then sold it at auction. -
Parents sue Mount Lebanon school officials after first-graders were taught about gender dysphoria and transgender transitioning
PITTSBURGH – Three parents have filed a lawsuit in a Pennsylvania federal court, alleging 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. -
Wrongful death suit brought, after mentally ill man is shot and killed by Plymouth Township police
PHILADELPHIA – The family of a mentally-ill man killed in a police-involved shooting in Plymouth Township have sued the municipality and ten of its police officers for survival and wrongful death. -
CVS and Just For Men seeking confidential protective order in case from man who suffered vitiligo
PHILADELPHIA – Along with its co-defendant, CVS is seeking a confidential protective order in litigation filed by a Delaware County man, who alleged he suffered permanent vitiligo from using the products he purchased at one of its local pharmacy stores. -
Judge pauses malicious prosecution suit from Wilkinsburg murder suspect, rejects DA's Office intervention
PITTSBURGH – In lieu of a halted intervention from the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office and related discovery issues, a federal judge has temporarily paused a malicious prosecution suit from one of two men who was accused of murdering six people and an unborn child in a mass shooting in Wilkinsburg in 2016. -
Trinity Area School District seeks more info in basketball player's retaliation suit
PITTSBURGH – Trinity Area School District is seeking more definitive statements in litigation brought by a 16-year-old student and girls basketball player at Trinity High School, who 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. -
Adult shop proprietor says Upper Merion Township regulations violate its constitutional rights
PHILADELPHIA – The proprietor of an adult store in Upper Merion Township is seeking to have a declaratory judgment issued that the township’s zoning codes and ordinances are unconstitutional, and thus, violated the plaintiff’s rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. -
Dollar Tree says access to plaintiffs' medical records is crucial for mediation of race discrimination suit
HARRISBURG – Dollar Tree is seeking the plaintiffs’ medical records in litigation from a Harrisburg woman who claimed that her 13-year-old son was racially targeted by management at a local branch and falsely accused of shoplifting, nearly being arrested by police who responded to the scene. -
Phila. ADA seeks to be dismissed from woman's false arrest suit over alleged firearms violations
PHILADELPHIA – A local assistant district attorney is seeking dismissal from a lawsuit brought by a woman who argued she was falsely arrested by Philadelphia authorities for firearms permit violations and later brought to trial, where she was ultimately found not guilty due to the fact that her permit was still active when she was taken into custody. -
Third Circuit finds U.S. government immune from anonymous FBI employees' investment pay claims
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled that the United States government is immune from claims brought by a quartet of federal employees against it, for investment gains they said they would have received if the government made its retirement plan contributions on time during a 2018 shutdown. -
Easton Area School District offers opposing brief to Black wrestling coach's discrimination suit before trial
ALLENTOWN – On the eve of trial, the Easton Area School District argues that standing does not exist in litigation brought by an ex-varsity high school wrestling coach, who alleged he faced discriminatory and racist conduct, including being fired, because he is Black. -
Pond Lehocky denies various unfairness claims of former attorney who battled testicular cancer
PHILADELPHIA – A prominent workers’ compensation law firm has vehemently denied it terminated a former employee for seeking accommodations during his bout with testicular cancer, and seeks to dismiss his claims, including those for punitive damages. -
Monessen residents' class action nuisance lawsuit versus landfill survives dismissal motion
PITTSBURGH – A class action, nuisance-based lawsuit from a group of Westmoreland County residents against a local landfill has survived a motion to dismiss in a Pennsylvania federal court. -
Homeowner who had been awarded $5.7M default judgment over flood claims, loses judgment and case
SCRANTON – A Dalton property owner who claimed the borough committed ongoing misconduct and trespass in its refusal to provide catch basins for 21 years, which then caused her property to suffer tremendous flooding damage and her to suffer physical and emotional distress, recently lost her case. -
Philly man says he was assaulted by George W. Hill corrections officers
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man alleges he was the victim of an assault and battery by corrections officers, after visiting his girlfriend in custody at George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Delaware County. -
Couple allege wife developed cancer after being treated with FDA-recalled scaffold
PITTSBURGH – A local couple allege 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. -
Policy group advocates Pa. Supreme Court to adopt 1:1 ratio cap on punitive damages
WASHINGTON – A nonprofit, public-interest law firm and policy center has suggested the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania follow the example of the U.S. Supreme Court, and adopt a proportional cap on the subject of punitive damages. -
Lawyers get $1M verdict for Philly cops, seek $800K in fees
PHILADELPHIA – After a jury ordered the City of Philadelphia to pay a total of $1 million to a pair of female, former Philadelphia police officers, who claimed they were the longtime targets of harassment and discrimination in a federal court lawsuit, counsel for the officers are now seeking more than $800,000 in attorney’s fees and costs. -
In wake of settlement, federal judge dismisses excessive force suit against officers at SCI-Rockview
WILLIAMSPORT – After a settlement was completed in excessive force litigation brought by a prisoner currently in state custody against a number of corrections officials at SCI-Rockview, a federal judge ordered the case dismissed without prejudice.