News from September 2013
Pa. needy to receive $4.1 million from residual class action settlement funds
Low income Pennsylvanians in need of legal assistance will soon receive a
Phila. baby sling death case reportedly settles for $8 million
An $8 million settlement has reportedly been reached in a case in which a Philadelphia
Commonwealth Court overrules NCAA’s preliminary objections in case over Penn State fine money
A Pennsylvania court is allowing a lawsuit initiated by a state legislator and
Phila. man sues wheelchair lift installer, seller over injuries from fall
A military veteran who uses a motorized wheelchair because he lost a leg in
Former ambulance operator given 78-month federal prison sentence for Medicare fraud
A suburban Philadelphia man has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in
Plaintiff’s lawyer in civil rights case against former Phila. cop awarded nearly $75K in attorney’s fees
A plaintiff who was awarded $100,000 in punitive damages in a civil case against a Philadelphia police officer who forced the man to engage in sexual acts has now been awarded more than $70,000 in attorney’s fees.
Pa. woman sues makers of Yaz birth control over injuries
A Pennsylvania woman is suing the makers of the Yaz birth control drug over allegations that she sustained deep vein thrombosis as a result of her taking the oral contraceptive.
Phila. judge denies city’s bid to dismiss suit by ‘outed’ gun license applicants
A Philadelphia Common Pleas Court judge has denied a preliminary bid by
Trial in Phila. Traffic Court ticket-fixing scandal pushed back to May
A handful of judges who sat on the now-defunct Philadelphia Traffic Court will go on trial on corruption charges this coming spring, not this winter as originally scheduled, with the federal jurist overseeing the case conceding defense requests for additional time by which to prepare their respective cases.
Wrongful death suit filed on behalf of 24-year-old Philly building collapse victim
In the ongoing legal fallout of this summer’s deadly building collapse in
York, Pa. lawyer given award for work in municipal law
A south-central Pennsylvania attorney with extensive knowledge of, and
U.S. Labor Secretary sues Pa. company over ERISA violations
The federal government has filed a civil action against a Pennsylvania
Phila. woman sues culinary school for discriminatory firing
A Philadelphia woman claims in a new civil filing that a cooking school discriminated against her because of her age and disability.
Phila. man sues fire restoration co. over alleged FLSA violations
A Philadelphia man is suing a fire restoration company over allegations
Judge dismisses hundreds of cases from asbestos MDL maritime docket
A federal judge recently granted 418 dismissal motions filed by attorneys