News from June 2012
Insurance co. sues PennDOT, SEPTA, others for damage to tour bus
An insurance company has filed court papers seeking reimbursement for a claim it had to
Another Philadelphia plaintiff files asbestos mass tort in Phila. court
A Philadelphia man who was diagnosed last month with mesothelioma has filed a mass
Airport worker who sustained crushed foot files injury claim against US Airways
An airport worker who claims the bones in his right foot were crushed when a fellow
Sister of woman who died from Fentanyl toxicity files wrongful death claim
The sister of a Philadelphia woman whose death was allegedly caused by a Fentanyl pain
Legal malpractice claim filed against Spear, Greenfield & Richman
A Philadelphia man who claims attorneys he hired to represent him in a prior personal
Pa. woman sues Dick's Sporting Goods and equipment manufacturer over injuries sustained by faulty exercise resistance band
A Montgomery County woman who claims she suffered severe eye injuries after an
Former Pa. Superior Court judge who was convicted of insurance fraud is disbarred
A former Pennsylvania appellate court judge who was sentenced to federal prison time
Gov. Corbett's five judicial nominees for court vacancies clear Senate Judiciary Committee
Five judicial nominees being pushed by Gov. Tom Corbett to fill various court vacancies
Phila. man with colon cancer files asbestos claim in Philly courts
A 56-year-old Philadelphia man who claims his colon cancer is a direct result of having
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear final appeal in Lower Merion Schools redistricting case
The United State Supreme Court has declined to hear the plaintiffs’ appeal in the Lower Merion schools redistricting case.
Phila. Gun Club lawyers seek dismissal of suit over live pigeon shoots
Lawyers for a suburban Philadelphia sporting organization being sued by water quality
Attorney for central Pa. newspaper reporter seeks to quash client's subpoena to testify in Sandusky case
An attorney for a central Pennsylvania newspaper reporter whose articles on the case
Phila. judge grants injunction in case of union suing SEPTA over outsourced maintenance work
A state trial court judge late last week put the brakes on a plan by SEPTA to outsource maintenance work on a fleet of city commuter railcars, ordering the mass transit agency and the union representing its employees to meet during the next few months to attempt to come to an agreement on the matter.
Phila. Common Pleas Court reintroduces punitive damage claims in mass tort cases
Suspension of reverse bifurcation in asbestos and other mass tort claims heard at
Chester County, Pa. man files mass tort asbestos claim
A 57-year-old Chester County man has filed an asbestos mass tort claim against companies engaged in the manufacture of asbestos-containing products, alleging he sustained injury due to his exposure to the fiber during his working years.
Baggage handler at Phila. International Airport sued for allegedly dropping freight on man
A man from Delaware County who claims he was injured earlier this year after a cargo
Two out-of-state plaintiffs file Yaz, Gianvi mass torts in Phila. court
Two out-of-state women have filed separate mass tort claims in a Pennsylvania state
Temple University and dentist sued by dental assistant over 'contaminated' water-squirting incident
A Philadelphia dental assistant has filed an assault and battery claim against a dentist who works at the same practice as the plaintiff, alleging the defendant squirted “contaminated” water from an irrigation syringe at the plaintiff during a routine procedure on a patient.
FJD lawyers seek to compel medical exam for former Pa. justice who has yet to be deposed in legal malpractice case
Lawyers representing the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania in its case involving the
Man who lost vision when sign struck face sues Phila.-area Metro PCS store
A Philadelphia man who claims he lost permanent vision in his left eye after being struck