News from 2014
Armored truck company agrees to $850,000 settlement on accident claim
A Bucks County man will receive an $850,000 as a settlement of a lawsuit filed against an
NASCAR sued for fan's death from lightning strike at Pocono Raceway
The widow of a man struck and killed by lightning in the parking lot of the Pocono Raceway
Business owners claim damages from fatal Kensington fire
A group of business owners have filed suit in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas against the owners and operators of a Kensington warehouse that collapsed in a 2012 fire that also claimed the lives of two firefighters.
Son of Philly congressman facing federal fraud charges
The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment on Tuesday charging Chaka Fattah Jr. 31, of Philadelphia, in a scheme to defraud banks and the Internal Revenue Service of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Fattah, Jr. is the son of 10-term Democratic U.S. Congressman Chaka Fattah (PA-2).
West Chester woman says HH Gregg employees falsely accused her of theft
A Chester County woman says that employees at a Delaware HH Gregg failed to register
Suit: Excessive force by university police caused motorcyclist's broken leg
A Philadelphia man says that members of the University of Pennsylvania's private police
Philly judge dismisses union leader's malpractice suit against former attorney
A Philadelphia union leader's legal malpractice suit against his former attorney's has been
Members of ironworkers union accused of extorting construction sites
A federal grand jury returned an indictment this week, adding two counts of extortion which interferes with interstate commerce against members of Ironworkers Local 401 and allegations of additional criminal conduct as part of the RICO conspiracy.
Slippery ice leads to lawsuit against Philly 7-Eleven
A woman who slipped on a patch of ice has filed a personal injury suit at the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas against a Philadelphia convenience store, saying that the employees' negligence caused her to fall and injure herself.
Federal jury acquit Philly traffic court judges of fraud charges, three found guilty of perjury
A federal jury delivered its verdicts last week against seven defendants charged in a ticket
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