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Couple's lawsuit over physical therapy group's alleged lack of COVID-19 protocols returns to Allegheny County court
PITTSBURGH – Litigation accusing a physical therapy firm accused of not using personal protective equipment and leading a Bethel Park couple to contract COVID-19 has left federal jurisdiction and been remanded to an Allegheny County court. -
Penn State denies liability in lawsuit from steward allegedly raped by supervisor
WILLIAMSPORT – Penn State University has denied all allegations in a sexual harassment and retaliation action brought by a steward at the institution, who claimed she was raped by her direct supervisor. -
Suit: Cap-lining machine's defective designed caused operator's hand injury
PHILADELPHIA — The manufacturer of a cap-lining machine has been sued, as a man alleges he suffered serious injuries to his hand due to a defective design. -
Stagehand who alleged safety violations after he fell during 2017 NFL Draft construction settles with league
PHILADELPHIA – The National Football League has settled a lawsuit brought against both itself and ESPN that alleged safety violations were committed during the construction of a temporary stage, leading a New Jersey man to fall 30 feet and suffer severe bodily injuries. -
Plaintiffs claiming heart damage from Hershey's licorice fight to keep case alive
HARRISBURG – Four plaintiffs who claimed they suffered permanent cardiac damage as a result of eating Hershey-brand black licorice candy, stand by their claims and have refuted the company’s attempt to dismiss the case. -
Bethlehem hospital is denied summary judgment, in wrongful death suit connected to woman's surgery
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has rejected a Bethlehem hospital’s summary judgment attempt to dismiss itself from litigation alleging a series of medical professionals incorrectly performed a surgery which he claims resulted in his wife’s death from internal bleeding. -
City of Philadelphia looking to dismiss excessive force complaint, lodged after alleged assault at George Floyd protest last year
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia is seeking to dismiss civil rights violations claims from a local who 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. -
ADA lawsuit over Philadelphia's sidewalks heading to trial in February
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, will be heading to trial in February. -
Joan Orsini Ford Receives the 2021 James P. Fox Trial Lawyer of the Year Award From the Montgomery Bar Association
Joan Orsini Ford Receives the 2021 James P. Fox Trial Lawyer of the Year Award From the Montgomery Bar Association. -
Man arrested by Philadelphia police officers for drug arrest in 2018 settles malicious prosecution claims
PHILADELPHIA – The subject of a 2018 drug arrest who filed a malicious prosecution lawsuit against several Philadelphia Police Department officers, recently settled his claims against those officers. -
Chester and Delaware county parents drop lawsuit against Tredyffrin-Easttown School Board, after mask mandate was nixed
PHILADELPHIA – A group of parents from Chester County and Delaware County have dropped claims against their local school district, over the district implementing a health and safety plan which included a mask mandate for students unless they received a religious or medical exemption and regular COVID-19 testing. -
Constitutional rights claims withdrawn from teenager's Snapchat lawsuit against Ambridge Area School District
PITTSBURGH – A 14-year-old African-American and special needs student at Ambridge High School who claims he was kicked off the football team for participating in an angry exchange with a teammate who had bullied him on Snapchat, has withdrawn claims alleging his constitutional rights were violated. -
Third Circuit upholds injunction against Philadelphia's ban on flavored cigars
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has affirmed a lower federal court’s ruling, which found that Pennsylvania state law and a related injunction bars the City of Philadelphia from enforcing its ban on sales of flavored cigars. -
Jefferson-Morgan School District wants to throw out defamation suit from football player's banned father
PITTSBURGH – Jefferson-Morgan School District is attempting to have dismissed a lawsuit brought against it by the father of a varsity high school football player, due to his being barred from the campus and football stadium after he asked the head coach to resign following a game last year. -
Erie man sues U.S. government and Veterans Affairs, charging they failed to diagnose him with prostate cancer now in Stage IV
ERIE – An Erie man has launched litigation against the U.S. government and the Department of Veterans Affairs, claiming that they negligently failed to pronounce an early diagnosis of his prostate cancer. -
City of Philadelphia presents immunity defense, in responding to corrections officer's civil rights violations claims
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia has cited the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act in denying responsibility and liability for claims asserted by a local corrections officer who claimed that his First Amendment rights were violated, when he was disciplined for speech made in a Facebook post to call for a rally in response to payroll policy breaches. -
Uber denies all liability in lawsuit that says driver nearly killed passengers
PITTSBURGH – Uber denies all liability in a Carnegie man’s litigation against the ride-share company, which alleged that the plaintiff and his friends were nearly killed by their driver in a ride-gone-wrong. -
In discrimination suit, judge converts financial services group's dismissal motion to a summary judgment motion
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has denied a financial services group’s motion to dismiss a race and sex discrimination lawsuit filed against it by one of its former employees, and instead converted the defendant’s motion to one for summary judgment. -
Special academic program student who was attacked by classmate, settles claims with Haverford Area School District
PHILADELPHIA – Litigation between a former student who was attacked by a classmate in his special academic program and the Haverford Area School District has been settled. -
United Certification Program reverses Philly's revocation of plaintiff's 'Disadvantaged Business Enterprise' designation
PHILADELPHIA – The Pennsylvania Unified Certification Program has reversed the City of Philadelphia’s decision to decertify Devault Group, Inc. as a disadvantaged business enterprise, the center point of litigation between the company, the City and the U.S. Department of Transportation.