PITTSBURGH — A patient is suing Vonda Wright, M.D.; University of Pittsburgh Physicians; UPMC Mercy; UPMC Mercy South Side Outpatient Center; and UPMC Health System, alleging negligence in medical care.
PHILADELPHIA – Per a federal judge, discovery proceedings will begin in a putative class action litigation between a credit union and any customers who may have been affected by an arbitration clause in the institution’s Service Agreement.
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has reversed a decision from the Office of Open Records (OOR), which had partially granted and partially denied a request for information made on behalf of a Florida-based magazine which analyzes criminal justice issues.
PHILADELPHIA – Though a Philadelphia religious group is not facing sanctions now, it may in the future if it fails to comply with a judge’s court order to answer interrogatories and satisfy document requests.
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia is once again pursuing sanctions against a local church and co-defendant in a lawsuit filed against both entities.
PHILADELPHIA – Besides legal counsel for plaintiffs injured in a deck fall on the premises of a property service company leaving that litigation, a lack of appearance at an arbitration from all parties involved resulted in a Judgment of Non Pros being handed down.
HARRISBURG — A man is suing United Methodist Homes and Brad Picchini, former joint employers, citing alleged unlawful employment practices, discrimination, harassment and wrongful termination.
HARRISBURG – Last Friday, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania reversed a trial court decision from the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, in remanding for further proceedings a disability pension case involving a former police officer from Lower Salford Township.
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia has been granted summary judgment on claims brought by a paraplegic man who claims Philadelphia police officers falsely imprisoned and assaulted him.
PHILADELPHIA – Citing a conflict with his client, a plaintiff attorney has withdrawn from a slip-and-fall lawsuit whose subject action took place at a Philadelphia residence.
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia continues to pursue sanctions against a co-defendant in a premises liability case which yielded a judgment of nearly $100,000.
PHILADELPHIA – The operator of a Philadelphia fried chicken restaurant remains the subject of a hearing for sanctions, which the City of Philadelphia seeks to levy against him.
PHILADELPHIA – A defendant in a motor vehicle contract case being heard in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas has filed for and been granted a statutory exemption.
PHILADELPHIA – An attorney for a woman claiming to be injured in a stairway fall at her rental apartment complex cited a lack of proper medical evidence, the presence of a signed release form and disagreements over procession of the case as his reasons for withdrawing from the lawsuit.
PHILADELPHIA – Plaintiff counsel in a slip-and-fall suit has exited the litigation due to an undisclosed conflict with his client, according to the attorney.
PHILADELPHIA – A motor vehicle accident injury case which took place on Interstate 80 in Carbon County will not be transferred to a court there, a state judge said.
PHILADELPHIA – A hearing has been slated for a negligence case co-defendant, in order for them to show why they should not be subject to additional sanctions.
PHILADELPHIA – The operator of a Philadelphia fried chicken restaurant, a co-defendant in a slip-and-fall suit, will have an opportunity to show why he should not be liable for sanctions, which the City of Philadelphia seeks to levy against him.
