PITTSBURGH – A student at the University of Pittsburgh's law school alleges that she lost educational opportunities and benefits because of the university's failure to maintain an environment free of sex discrimination.
PITTSBURGH — An appeals court granted a new trial to a woman who lost her medical malpractice suit against a surgeon who severed her bowel while performing her hysterectomy.
PITTSBURGH — A married couple's lawsuit against Juno E. Varghese, M.D.; Absolute Primary Care UPMC; University of Pittsburgh Physicians; and UPMC, alleges negligence in medical care.
PITTSBURGH — A patient is suing Vonda Wright, M.D.; University of Pittsburgh Physicians; UPMC Mercy; UPMC Mercy South Side Outpatient Center; and UPMC Health System, alleging negligence in medical care.
HARRISBURG — Regardless of the politics involved in the Pennsylvania legislature’s legal fight over judges’ age limits, the issues of age discrimination and voter disenfranchisement are front and center, according to a University of Pittsburgh political science professor.
PITTSBURGH — A woman who is the administrator of the estate of a man who was a prisoner is suing Wexford Health Services and several staff members for claims that their negligence led to his death from throat cancer.
PITTSBURGH – A black professor at the University of Pittsburgh is suing the school over a claim that his salary increases over the years have been lower than his non-African-American colleagues.
The City of Pittsburgh has agreed to settle the remaining claims in a handful of civil rights suits that arose out of the mass arrest of demonstrators and others during the 2009 Group of 20 Summit that was held in western Pennsylvania.
Nearly half of the plaintiffs who sued the City of Pittsburgh following their arrests tied to the G-20 Summit back in 2009 have agreed to settle with the city, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania.
With an increasing number of Americans using smartphones, it’s only logical to conclude that the number of people whipping out the devices to video and audio record situations in public would increase.
