The following asbestos-related cases were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Feb. 8. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by William R. Rogers against A.o. Smith Corp. on Feb. 8.
PHILADELPHIA – A new lawsuit filed in state court alleges a Philadelphia man was electrocuted at Pennsylvania Hospital, when a pipe suddenly burst and water was caused to spill from the wall.
PHILADELPHIA – A status conference takes place this week in the negligence-based case of two young Philadelphia boys, ages 6 and 8 years old, who were allegedly sexually abused by their foster parent’s grandson.
PHILADELPHIA – A man who worked for two major rail transport companies claims they violated the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) by placing him in a work environment which exposed him to carcinogens and later led him to contract bladder cancer, claims the companies categorically deny.
PHILADELPHIA – Norfolk Southern Railway Company’s alleged negligence under the Federal Employers Liability Act in providing an unsafe work environment and causing one of its former employees to contract lung cancer is at the center of a recent lawsuit in Philadelphia court, one which it says lacks proper jurisdiction.
The state Supreme Court's decision this week to keep private the names of 19 Catholic Church clergy members accused of sexual abuse is both “disappointing” and “dangerous," according to a lawyer who has filed a class action lawsuit over the scandal.
Fox Rothschild LLP is pleased to announce that Best Law Firms in America has ranked 13 of the firm’s practice areas among the top national tier and 44 practice groups among the top metropolitan tier for 2019.
Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin has been named a "2019 Best Law Firm" in multiple practice areas, both nationally and across numerous regions of the country, by U.S. News – Best Lawyers®.
Pepper Hamilton received nine national first-tier placements and 43 first-tier metropolitan placements in U.S. News - Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” for 2019.
PHILADELPHIA – A litigation funder who had previously been denied its move to compel arbitration with an ex-pro football player set to receive proceeds from the NFL’s Concussion Litigation, is now taking another kick at that field goal.
PHILADELPHIA – A North Carolina man and ex-employee for Norfolk Southern Railway Co. says the development of his colon cancer is directly tied to his work duties as a brakeman, conductor and engineer, while the rail company claims the case has no connection to Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA – The construction entities with ties to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Schuylkill project are facing a lawsuit from a concrete worker allegedly struck by a falling metal object on the job, though all parties have consented to punitive damages being off the table.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man has launched legal action on behalf of two young boys, ages 6 and 8 years old, against a pair of children’s agencies and a woman serving as a foster parent, claiming the defendants’ collective negligence allowed for the boys to be sexually abused by the foster parent’s grandson.
Michael G. White brought a personal injury suit in a Chester County court against the manager and owner of the Paoli Place Apartments after breaking his ankle when slipping and falling in their icy parking lot.
ALLENTOWN — An Allentown couple is suing Bed, Bath and Beyond Inc. and its subsidiary, Christmas Tree Shops Inc., retail store owners, citing alleged negligence.
