PHILADELPHIA – Because of a lack of personal jurisdiction, a lawsuit brought by a Pennsylvania couple against a McDonald’s location in New York City has been dismissed by a Philadelphia federal judge.
PHILADELPHIA – On May 21, a Philadelphia federal judge granted a motion for summary judgment in favor of Verizon Communications and against a former employee who claims he was reversely discriminated against based on his race, age and disability.
A New York state resident brought allegations of negligence against a national railroad company in a 2015 incident. Megan Piccirillo of Malvern, New York sued National Railroad Passenger Corporation a/k/a Amtrak, headquartered in Washington, D.C., in the U.S.
A Hudson County, New Jersey, couple is suing over claims of negligence and indifference in a train derailment in 2015. Mark and Nicola Tulk of West New York, New Jersey, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania on May 21, 2015, against National Railroad Passenger Corporation aka Amtrak, headquartered in Washington, D.C., and Brian Bostian of Forest Hills, New York, alleging wrongful termination in May 2015.
PHILADELPHIA – A Washington Crossing couple have filed a negligence lawsuit against a McDonald’s restaurant in New York City and its operating company in Connecticut for injuries suffered in an alleged fall at the restaurant in November 2012.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia couple have filed suit against a Netherlands-based shipping company they say was negligent in securing a steel ladder on one of its vessels, which allegedly caused the husband to fall and suffer permanent injuries to his chest and spine in the course of his work duties.
PHILADELPHIA – A former Bucks County banquet manager who was fired partly over an argument over whether she could bring her dog to work has lost her age discrimination lawsuit.
LOS ANGELES – A Philadelphia law firm has filed a class action lawsuit in California federal court that alleges a website that offers cash for old iPhones is running a bait-and-switch scam.
An Amtrak employee says that his supervisors did not follow the established safety protocols that could have prevented a train striking him while he worked on one of the company's tracks in Virginia, according to a personal injury suit filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
A chapter of the International Union of Operating Engineers claims in a federal suit filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania that a Montgomery County township violated its members' First Amendment right to peacefully assemble by citing picketers during a July protest.
