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Former Beaver Area School District student says District did nothing to stop repeated bullying he suffered
PITTSBURGH – A former Beaver Area School District student contends that he was the ongoing subject of severe hazing, bullying and harassment during his eighth grade year by his football teammates, and that despite his parents notifying the school’s principal/football coach on multiple occasions, nothing was done to stop the abuse he sustained.
Allegheny Health nurse claims she was passed over for job roles in favor of younger candidates
PITTSBURGH – A 65-year-old registered nurse alleges she was passed over for several prominent roles at facilities within the Allegheny Health Network, in favor of younger candidates and in violation of a federal age discrimination law.
Judge dismisses recklessness and punitive damages claims from nanny's suit against former employers and their mother
PITTSBURGH – A state court judge has dismissed charges of recklessness and a request for punitive damages against the defendant mother of a nanny’s former employers – as the plaintiff argues those same employers fired her after their child struck her on the head with a wooden figurine and caused her to suffer a concussion.
School worker maintains company should have known nurse who stabbed her on bus was unwell
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for a school employee stabbed in the back by a nurse/school bus aide during an altercation more than two years have replied to preliminary objections from the assailant’s employer, maintaining that the company should have known the nurse was mentally ill and worked to prevent such an incident.
Henry Noye Secures a Dismissal of a Suit in Defense of a Client
On March 6, 2024, Henry Noye secured the dismissal of Here’s The Plan, LLC, a Philadelphia architectural firm, (“HTP”) from a complex multi-party contractual matter heading to trial in April in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.
Abington Heights High School in Lackawanna County Wins Pennsylvania Bar Association Statewide Mock Trial Competition
Abington Heights High School in Lackawanna County won the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Statewide High School Mock Trial Competition, which took place March 22-23 at the Dauphin County Courthouse in Harrisburg.
Dean Ferguson to Moderate Panel at First-gen Student Support Summit on April 3
Dr. Wende' Ferguson, associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion and assistant dean for student services at Penn State Law in University Park, will moderate a student panel at the third annual Penn State First-Gen Student Support Summit on April 3, 2024.
Judge says inter-fraternity council not obligated to defend security firm in case of Penn State student death
WILLIAMSPORT – A federal judge recently has partially granted a dismissal motion from Penn State University’s Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC), which argued it was not responsible for indemnifying and defending a named security company defendant in litigation brought by the parents of a student who died at a fraternity chapter house in 2017.
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Mother who alleged police officer distributed photos of her son’s suicide rejects City’s dismissal motion
PHILADELPHIA – The mother of a man who died by suicide during a mental health episode two years ago has opposed efforts from the City of Philadelphia to dismiss her litigation, which alleged an unidentified local police officer photographed her son’s lifeless body and distributed it online.
Medical malpractice lawsuit filed after death of 84-year-old man at Geisinger Clinic
WILLIAMSPORT - The estate of a man who died at 84 years old blames his treatment at Geisinger Clinic.
Lowe's faces lawsuit over allegedly faulty ladder
PITTSBURGH - An Indiana County man says he bought a defective ladder at Lowe's that broke while he was washing his car.
Woman injured during treadmill stress test says doctors shouldn't be dismissed from suit
WILLIAMSPORT – A woman running on a treadmill for a medically administered stress test has reiterated her claims that doctors ignored her warnings that the speed of the treadmill was too fast for her to keep up – leading her to fall and suffer a broken arm and other injuries, and has rejected two doctors’ attempt to be dismissed from the case.
Alabama paper supply company seeking dismissal of postal worker’s chemical burn injury suit
PITTSBURGH – An Alabama paper supply company is seeking to dismiss litigation which alleged the plaintiff suffered third-degree chemical burns when a drain cleaner product being sent through the mail leaked through its thin packaging and made contact with her body.
Professor Brooks Appointed to Council for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Professor Susan L. Brooks, acting director of the Andy and Gwen Stern Community Lawyering Clinic, has been appointed to serve a three-year term as one of two social scientists on the National Advisory Child Health and Human Development (NACHHD) Council for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).
Troutman Pepper Advises Award-Winning Creative Agency Red Tettemer O’Connell + Partners in Sale to Mod Op
Troutman Pepper client Red Tettemer O’Connell + Partners (RTO+P), an award-winning, Philadelphia-based creative agency, has been acquired by Mod Op, a full-service digital marketing agency accelerating customer growth through human creativity and automation.
Transactional Finance Volume Up Significantly in Fast Start to 2024
Ballard Spahr’s national Finance Department is off to a busy start to the year, with closed-deal volume pushing past $6 billion, well ahead of 2023’s pace as the end of Q1 2024 approaches.
Capital Markets 101 Lunch Talk with Simpson Thacher on April 2, 2024
Penn Carey Law Capital Markets Association is excited to invite you to join our Capital Markets 101 lunch talk with Simpson Thacher attorneys.
Azura sued over data breach
PHILADELPHIA - A federal class action lawsuit targets Azura over a recent data breach.
National Parks Service, Philadelphia sued over fall on Ghost Tour
PHILADELPHIA - A man who hurt his left shoulder on a fall during a Philadelphia Ghost Tour has sued both the city and the National Parks Service.
Leet Township objects to ex-police chief's breach of contract suit, says he was “at-will employee”
PITTSBURGH – Leet Township has objected to a lawsuit brought by its former chief of police – who alleged he was fired four years before his contract expired and is now seeking financial remuneration – and countered that he was instead an at-will public employee, who could be dismissed at any time.