News published on Pennsylvania Record in November 2011

Attorneys for Philadelphia’s Marriott Hotel, which was named as a defendant in an Oct. 4 lawsuit filed at Philadelphia’s Common Pleas Court by an Alabama couple, have filed a Notice of Removal with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, requesting that venue be transferred to federal court.

A 69-year old former newspaper advertising manager, who was fired from her job of four years for reasons she contends were age-related, has filed a federal lawsuit against the newspaper’s parent company.

A pedestrian who claims she sustained bodily injuries after being struck by a bike messenger while she was crossing a Center City, Philadelphia street has filed a personal injury complaint against the cyclist and the company he was working for at the time of the incident.

A Harrisburg woman who was a juvenile when she sustained a facial fracture after allegedly being punched in the face by a security guard at a Philadelphia residential facility for adolescents with special needs has filed a lawsuit against the facility and the employee.

A Delaware County, Pa. man has filed a wrongful death claim against SEPTA on behalf of his deceased relative, who passed away while riding a train operated by the public transit agency.

A Philadelphia woman who alleges a botched bunion removal procedure led her to sustain multiple injuries, including the need to have additional surgeries, has filed a civil complaint against those charged with her medical care.

A Philadelphia man who sued city police officers last year for alleged Fourth Amendment violations for confiscating, during a traffic stop, his legally owned firearm, which he was licensed to carry, has lost his battle in federal court.

A Philadelphia Common Pleas Court judge has upheld a venue transfer requested by the defendants in a civil suit stemming from a summer 2008 a tractor-trailer accident.

A black man who alleges he was fired from his job at a Philadelphia restaurant and bar for racial bias reasons has filed a federal job discrimination lawsuit against his former employer.

The former manager of a suburban Pennsylvania Home Depot store has filed a federal lawsuit against the retail corporation, alleging she was terminated from her position because of her sex, and not because of the supposed “leadership problems,” as was claimed by higher-ups as the basis for her firing.

By improving its legal environment, Pennsylvania could create between 33,000 and 90,000 new jobs, according to a report by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform (ILR).