News from July 2014
Court grants preliminary approval to settlement of egg price-fixing suit
A federal judge at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has given
Philly woman sues Pathmark over injuries from fallen rack
A Philadelphia woman says negligence on the part of employees at a supermarket in Glen
Suit: SEPTA worker wrongfully labeled 'accident-prone' before termination
A former SEPTA worker says his supervisor wrongfully labeled him "accident-prone" as
Family of Market Street building collapse victim files wrongful death suit
The family of a man who died three weeks after getting caught in the Market Street
Federal Judge dismisses First Amendment suit filed by Pa. teacher
A federal judge at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania says that
RPM agrees to $797.5 million settlement for Bondex asbestos claims
RPM International Inc. announced an agreement Monday in principle with the official representatives of current and future claimants that would pay out $797.5 million over four years and resolve all present and future asbestos personal injury claims related to its Bondex International, Inc. subsidiary.
Jury awards accident victim $55 million over defective seat belt
A jury in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas ruled in favor of an Erie, Pa., man who
Suit: Delaware County man denied First Amendment right to publicly criticize police department
A Chester, Pa., man says his First Amendment right to criticize the township police
QVC takes refund demand for unsold electronic devices to federal court
Popular online and television retailer QVC wants a full cash refund of more than $95,000
Pa. family holds Ritz-Carlton responsible for teen daughter's sexual assault in Cayman Islands
A Northampton County family has filed a lawsuit with the Philadelphia Court of Common
Pa. woman sues JC Penney for fall at New Jersey store
A Philadelphia woman says careless behavior by the staff and management at a New Jersey JC Penney department store caused her to trip and sustain multiple injuries, according to a personal injury suit filed at the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
Verizon pays nurse $3 million for career-ending brain injury from car crash
After more than a week of trial in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Verizon has
Pa. Supreme Court rules worker's use of Fifth Amendment cannot be used as evidence
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court says that a mushroom farm worker's invocation of the
Jay Paterno files suit against Penn State over 2012 termination
The fallout from former Penn State Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky's arrest and
Day care center accused of pregnancy discrimination
A former employee of a Montgomery County child care center has accused the company of fostering a pattern of discrimination against pregnant employees in a federal suit filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia agrees to $1.425 million settlement over release of gun license applicants' info
Representatives with the City of Philadelphia and Mayor Michael Nutter's office have
Ambler woman seeks damages from flooring company's delivery truck crash
A Montgomery County woman says she suffered severe injuries when a Maryland flooring company's delivery truck rear-ended her car two years ago, according to a civil suit filed in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
Former cook accuses alternative school of racial discrimination
A Montgomery County man says that his supervisors in the kitchen of an alternative
Justice McCaffery selected to PA Military and Veterans Affairs Hall of Fame
Supreme Court Justice Seamus P. McCaffery has been selected as an inductee to the 2013