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Judge denies Brenntag's attempt at winning summary judgment in suit for truck driver's injurious fall
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has thrown out an attempt at securing summary judgment through the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act from a chemical and ingredient solutions distributor, in response to a lawsuit brought against it by a New Jersey truck driver. -
Butler County wants to add local court system as defendant in probation officer's anxiety discrimination lawsuit
PITTSBURGH – Butler County seeks to apply joinder to litigation brought by a Butler probation officer who alleged he was discriminated against by his superiors for requesting time off due to stress and anxiety, by joining the Butler County Court of Common Pleas as an additional defendant. -
Westmoreland County authorities deny discrimination and retaliation charges from former prison warden
PITTSBURGH – Westmoreland County and its Corrections Commissioner have answered accusations of harassment and professional retaliation from the former warden of the county’s prison, arguing that the plaintiff’s complaint fails to state a claim. -
Just For Men manufacturer removes Delco man's vitiligo injury case to federal court
PHILADELPHIA – The manufacturer of Just For Men hair color products has removed the lawsuit of a Delaware County man, who alleged he suffered permanent vitiligo from using the products he purchased at a local CVS pharmacy store, to a federal court in Philadelphia. -
Manufacturer of millions of allegedly defective dehumidifiers faces suit
PHILADELPHIA — The manufacturer of millions of dehumidifiers is facing a breach of contract claim after the products allegedly caused more than 100 fire events. -
Claims and defendant dismissed, from transgender man's discrimination suit over denial for mastectomy
HARRISBURG – Some claims and one defendant have been dismissed from litigation between a transgender male state employee and a Pennsylvania-affiliated health care provider, one which he claimed discriminated against him and denied him insurance coverage for his gender/sex-affirming surgery. -
U.S. government rejects $500K settlement offer in suit of woman injured in Philly's Washington Square
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. government has rejected an initial $500,000 settlement offer made by counsel for a local woman who suffered severe leg injuries, in a fall over a metal barrier at Washington Square Park in Philadelphia more than three years ago. -
Federal engineering report stays litigation between Susquehanna River group and food processor
HARRISBURG – A Pennsylvania waterway environmental group and a food processing company are seeking to stay litigation the two parties are involved in over claims of the latter polluting Oil Creek and the Susquehanna River and violating the state Clean Streams Law and the federal Clean Water Act in the process. -
Golfer alleges dangerous golf cart route led to his injuries
SCRANTON — A golfer alleges a hazardous golf cart route at the Poconos at Big Ridge led to his crash and injuries. -
City of Philadelphia's suit versus opioid manufacturers, retailers and distributors is remanded to state court
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has declared that a lawsuit brought by the City of Philadelphia against several pharmaceutical distributors and retailers for their role in allegedly creating and exacerbating the opioid epidemic in Philadelphia, will be remanded to state court for lack of federal jurisdiction. -
ADA suit against Phila. is stayed before imminent trial, while settlement details are worked out
PHILADELPHIA – Litigation between a group of plaintiffs and the City of Philadelphia, over claims the City failed to maintain its sidewalks to provide proper access to disabled citizens in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, has recently been stayed in advance of a potential settlement. -
Man alleging Philly officer assaulted him during police brutality protest last year, argues City's dismissal motion isn't solid enough
PHILADELPHIA – A local man who alleged that a Philadelphia police officer committed a brutal assault against him during his participation in protests surrounding the Minneapolis killing of George Floyd last year, contends that the City of Philadelphia has not met the burden of proof for the dismissal motion it filed in the case. -
Man alleges First Amendment violation after not being allowed to burn Trump flag at protest
SCRANTON — A political activist alleges his First Amendment rights were violated by not being able to burn a Donald Trump flag at a protest in the Township of East Buffalo. Gene Stilp filed a complaint Jan. 4 in the U.S. -
After three-day jury trial, Philly firm turns away former client's legal malpractice case
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia law firm has successfully defended itself from a charge of legal malpractice. -
Beiersdorf denies liability for injuries Montco woman suffered after applying Coppertone sunscreen
PHILADELPHIA – Beiersdorf has denied all liability towards litigation which alleged that they, along with Walmart, were collectively liable for severe burns a Montgomery County woman allegedly suffered after using Coppertone sunscreen. -
Case of carpet cleaner fired for objecting to lack of COVID-19 protocols sees case dismissed and then reinstated
PITTSBURGH – An employee of a carpet cleaning service who claimed he was wrongfully terminated during the COVID-19 pandemic when he objected to working in areas where social distancing and wearing of protective personal equipment was not being practiced, saw his case dismissed from and now, remanded to, state court. -
Plaintiff: Molestation lawsuit against Reading Recreation Commission is valid, since it is a state actor
ALLENTOWN – A parent who alleged that a now-incarcerated ex-employee of the Reading Recreation Commission committed multiple acts of sexual abuse and molestation against his daughter, and that the organization both failed to stop the abuse from happening and violated her constitutional rights, refutes the group’s dismissal motion and stands by the complaint’s original claims. -
Instant Pot manufacturer secures confidential protective order in suit alleging it was responsible for toddler's burn injuries
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has levied an order of confidentiality in litigation brought by the mother of a two-year-old girl burned by an allegedly faulty Instant Pot pressure cooking device, to the manufacturer of that same device. -
Mo. health care marketer says it is owed almost $1.4M by Bethlehem lab group in breach of contract litigation
ALLENTOWN – A Missouri-based health care marketing firm has launched breach of contract litigation against a Pennsylvania laboratory testing company for nearly $1.4 million it says the defendant company owes it. -
Third Circuit reverses ruling on class certification in homeowner's suit against natural gas company
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has reversed the denial of class action certification to a homeowner engaged in litigation with a natural gas company, over its alleged usage of his property to store natural gas without compensating him.