A slip-and-fall incident at Oakwood Apartments has led tenant Archie Singleton to file a lawsuit alleging negligence by property managers and owners. The suit seeks damages within arbitration limits for severe injuries sustained due to poorly maintained exterior steps.
MEDIA – After the parents of a 13-year-old child who drowned at Folcroft Swim Club more than two years ago filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the facility, the swim club is lodged in another litigation brought by its insurance carrier, over whether the insurer has a responsibility to provide coverage in this matter.
PHILADELPHIA – An East Bradford Township public works official is seeking to eliminate allegations that he was not truthful in a deposition given in an underlying action, in his own suit alleging he was fired for reporting dangerous conditions relating to decaying tree limbs in the municipality.
MEDIA – After the parents of a 13-year-old child who drowned at Folcroft Swim Club more than two years ago filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the facility, they add that, in separate-but-related litigation brought by the facility’s insurance carrier, the insurer has a responsibility to provide coverage in this matter.
ALLENTOWN – Authorities in the Owen J. Roberts School District have denied allegations that they failed to protect a Chester Springs woman from being molested by her philosophy teacher when she was a high school student in 2020.
MEDIA – The daughters of a Delaware County nursing home resident who contended that improper care from facility staff directly caused their mother’s death, have settled their claims with the nursing home company for $20,000.
PHILADELPHIA – A chaplain with a gastrointestinal condition has settled litigation claiming she was discriminated against in her workplace because of that very same condition.
PHILADELPHIA – An East Bradford Township public works official has for the second time denied liability for claims of retaliation and civil rights violations, brought by a former employee who alleged he was fired for reporting dangerous conditions relating to decaying tree limbs in the municipality.
PHILADELPHIA – A Luzerne County man who alleged that a pair of West Chester police officers used excessive force when arresting him more than two years ago, wants a federal judge to reject a motion to dismiss the case filed by those same officers.
ALLENTOWN – A Chester Springs woman accuses the Owen J. Roberts School District of failing to protect her from being molested by her philosophy teacher when she was a high school student in 2020.
PHILADELPHIA – East Bradford Township and one of its public works officials have denied being responsible for claims of retaliation and civil rights violations, brought by a former employee who alleged he was fired for reporting dangerous conditions relating to decaying tree limbs in the municipality.
PHILADELPHIA – A former employee for East Bradford Township’s Public Works Department who alleges he faced retaliation and civil rights violations claims over a deposition he gave has lost claims for civil rights violations and intentional infliction of emotional distress from his case.
PHILADELPHIA – A pair of West Chester police officers deny they used excessive force when arresting a Luzerne County man more than two years ago, allegedly causing him to suffer a series of bodily injuries and the deprivation of his constitutional rights.
ALLENTOWN – Lancaster County has been dismissed from a wrongful death lawsuit filed by a local woman, who witnessed her schizophrenic and bipolar son being shot to death by a local police officer.
SCRANTON – A Schuylkill County official wants to see dismissed a sexual harassment lawsuit brought against them by four anonymous County employees, alleging the plaintiffs did not seek proper authorization to proceed under an anonymous designation and had failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.
PHILADELPHIA – A former employee for East Bradford Township’s Public Works Department has responded to his former supervisor’s argument attempting to invalidate his retaliation and civil rights claims, by asserting a deposition he gave was protected speech and yet faced professional reprisal for it nonetheless.
PHILADELPHIA — An American Airlines passenger alleges she suffered a concussion after a flight attendant dropped a piece of luggage from the overhead compartment onto her head. Toni Giordano filed a complaint Nov. 4 in the U.S.
PHILADELPHIA – After denying that it discriminated against a local chaplain with a gastrointestinal condition, Delaware County is seeking to compel that same chaplain plaintiff to respond to its discovery inquiries, claiming that its ability to build a defense is prejudiced until it does so.
