PITTSBURGH – A building materials distributor is refuting the cross-claims of an Ohio lumber company, who blamed it for supplying allegedly defective lumber that led a Washington County man to sustain significant structural and mold damage to his property.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man whose parents were killed in the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting in October 2018 has filed legal action against the manufacturers and seller of the weapon the perpetrator used to commit the crime, the shooter himself and the National Rifle Association, claiming the group’s inflammatory rhetoric directly influenced the shooter’s actions.
PITTSBURGH – A Bridgeville man has filed legal action against the proprietors of a bail company website and Google, claiming that his mugshot from an arrest made 17 years ago was recently listed on the website’s database of currently imprisoned individuals.
PITTSBURGH – An Ohio lumber company denies that it supplied allegedly defective materials that led a Washington County plaintiff to sustain significant structural and mold damage to his property – instead placing the blame with a pair of separate third-party defendants, to whom it filed litigation against.
HARRISBURG – A state appellate court has turned away the case of a former college football player who alleged the National Collegiate Athletic Association should have prevented the head injuries which he said led him to develop amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Berger Montague is pleased to announce that it has promoted Shareholder Caitlin G. Coslett to become the newest co-chair of the Firm’s antitrust department, joining Eric L. Cramer, David F. Sorensen, and Merrill G. Davidoff. Berger Montague’s antitrust department is often lauded for its innovation and expertise, most recently in November 2020, when the group was named one of Law360’s Competition Groups of the Year.
PITTSBURGH – The Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police is seeking to dismiss litigation from a trio of young gun owners and a pair of non-profit firearms rights organizations arguing state laws have violated their Second Amendment rights, for failure to state a claim.
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has denied a motion to remand a class action lawsuit to state court, one brought by a Pittsburgh man who alleged Walmart unlawfully overcharges its customers taxes on the sale of dietary products.
PHILADELPHIA – An election challenge case brought by President Donald Trump has been voluntarily dismissed by his remaining legal counsel, just after one of his attorneys withdrew his representation and claimed he was “used to perpetrate a crime.”
The following cases categorized as "personal injury" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Dec. 30. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
PITTSBURGH – A longtime special education teacher says she was fired by Pittsburgh school authorities last August, while convalescing from a series of serious ankle injuries she sustained in three separate falls.
Scott W. Brady, United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, issued the following statement tonight following the passing of former Attorney General of the United States, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania Governor, Dick Thornburgh.
PITTSBURGH – A steel fabrication company has paid $80,000 to settle harassment claims brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, that one of the company’s former female welders suffered numerous incidents of sex-based discrimination and retaliation on the job, including termination.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Desiree Washington and Fredrick Washington against John/jane Doe Employers A-z (multiple Fictitious Entities), John/jane Doe Physicians A-z (multiple Fictitious Persons), John/jnae Doe Providers A-z (mutiple Fictitious Persons), LVPG Family Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network Inc., Lehigh Valley Physician Group and United States of America on Dec. 30.
The following cases categorized as "contract" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on Dec. 23. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
