A man who claims he suffered electrical shocks and burns after coming into contact with an exposed power line has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the public utility in charge of overseeing the line.
A newly released academic study by a law school professor asserts that Philadelphia’s civil court system is attractive to plaintiff’s from outside of the city – at the expense of local consumers and businesses.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) - The American Tort Reform Association is throwing its support behind a Pennsylvania bill that it says will address forum-shopping in personal injury lawsuits.
A Philadelphia couple has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania for injuries the wife reportedly suffered from not having been given a proper and timely diagnosis.
The widow and daughter of a man who was killed during a family vacation in Greece this spring have filed a lawsuit against the travel agency that booked the tripped, claiming the company failed to warn the three of the potential hazard that awaited them in the island nation.
It was truly a historic day for Pennsylvania courts, and not just because it marked the first time that cameras have ever taped a session of the state’s highest court.
Former U.S. Inspector General Glenn Fine, who spent his youth in the Philadelphia suburbs, is leaving government work and heading into private industry.
A Philadelphia man who alleges that the attack on the part of a local police captain and another officer left him with numerous physical injuries is suing those who allegedly perpetrated the violence against him.
A former Chicago area resident who relocated herself and her young son to the Philadelphia region to take a job as a general manager of a local bowling alley is suing her former employer in federal court, alleging her firing, which occurred a year after her hiring, was related to her lung cancer diagnosis.
A Philadelphia woman formerly employed by the Palm Restaurant in the city’s ritzy Rittenhouse section has filed a job discrimination lawsuit against the eatery and its parent company, alleging her termination was age-related.
A suburban Philadelphia psychiatric hospital is facing a federal job discrimination lawsuit, with a former employee alleging she regularly encountered a hostile work environment as well as racially divisive treatment on the part of company officials.
A woman who claims she got saddled with car payments for a vehicle that was supposed to be a gift from her ex-boyfriend is suing her former paramour in civil court.
A Philadelphia woman whose leg allegedly got caught in an exposed manhole is suing the City of Philadelphia and others for injuries she received because of the incident.
Two women have filed Yaz mass tort lawsuits at the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, alleging that the birth control drug caused them various physical injuries.
The father of a mentally disabled man filed a lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Philadelphia May 9 alleging his son suffered sexual abuse at the hands of a parish priest while working in the rectory of Resurrection of Our Lord parish in Philadelphia.
