Wearable activity trackers are essential for many people at the gym, but it seems now that Fitbit, Jawbone and others could be just as important in the courtroom, given precedents set in a 2015 Lancaster case that debunked a plaintiff's story, as well as other cases elsewhere.
PHILADELPHIA — The federal government, at the request of the Environmental Protection Agency, is suing a Pennsylvania company alleging violation of federal environmental laws.
PHILADELPHIA – Though a 2013 state Supreme Court decision might
have worried employers that they’d be dragged into asbestos lawsuits over Workers’
Compensation issues, asbestos attorneys say that it hasn’t happened too often.
PHILADELPHIA – A member of defense counsel says the Borough of Conshohocken should be dismissed from a construction injury litigation due to legal immunity, or alternatively, that the case should be transferred to the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas.
PHILADELPHIA – A local judge has denied defense counsel’s request to withdraw from a premises liability case that was initiated as a result of serious injuries allegedly incurred from a sidewalk fall in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA – An erroneous entrance of appearance has led a defense attorney to request its withdrawal from a sidewalk slip-and-fall case originating in Philadelphia.
Minor league professional baseball players in several states, including Pennsylvania, lost their bid for certification of a class in an attempt to seek compensation for baseball-related activities performed outside of the regular season.
PHILADELPHIA – A defense attorney in a personal injury case says a plaintiff did not include a necessary defendant in the subsequent litigation, and summarily wants the case transferred to the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas.
PHILADELPHIA – When the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled in a class-action lawsuit against Google and Viacom that alleged the companies had violated users’ privacy, there were several issues that the judges had to consider.
PHILADELPHIA – A personal injury lawsuit revolving around a teenager’s accidental drowning at a Harrisburg apartment complex has been settled in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.
PITTSBURGH — An employer is suing the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC, citing alleged breach of contract.
PHILADELPHIA — A consumer is suing Gree USA Inc., Gree Electric Appliances Inc. of Zhuhai, Gree USA Sales Ltd. and Hong Kong Gree Electric Appliances Sales Co. Ltd., citing alleged design defect, liability and product liability in connection with a fire at his property.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The average number of companies targeted by some of the biggest asbestos firms in their lawsuits is in the triple-figures, according to recent statistics, leading some, especially those in claims management, to question the strategy of plaintiffs’ lawyers.
PHILADELPHIA — A woman is suing the United States of America, in care of the attorney general in Washington and the civil process clerk at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia, alleging negligence, insufficient measures taken to prevent injuries and violation of federal law.
PHILADELPHIA – On June 7, a Washington, D.C.-based consumer financial agency has filed a petition to enforce a civil investigative demand against J.G. Wentworth
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appellate court recently rejected the notion that Pottstown Memorial Medical Center violated the Medicare and Medicaid Patient Protection Act of 1987 (Anti-Kickback Statute) and the False Claims Act.
PHILADELPHIA – A plaintiff’s motion to enforce settlement in a statutory income tax action will remain denied, per the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
