News from October 2015
Longtime AT&T employee sues company over racial discrimination claims
A Dauphin County woman, employed with AT&T for 15 years, is suing her former employer claiming she was targeted for termination when some managers discovered she was in an interracial relationship with a Caucasian man.
No response to garnishee interrogatories should result in judgment, plaintiff says
A plaintiff attorney in a slip-and-fall negligence case filed a motion seeking judgments against the action’s garnishees for not responding to interrogatory documents.
Food store chain and contractor desire slip-and-fall case to be sent to Northampton County
Counsel for a defendant named in food store chain’s slip-and-fall negligence case has moved for the case to be transferred to Northampton County, believing the case had no connection to Philadelphia.
Counsel for trucking company, driver seeking negligence case transfer to Lehigh County
Counsel for an Emmaus-based trucking company and their driver involved in a fatal collision one year ago are moving for the case filed against them to be moved to Lehigh County.
Plaintiff attorney looking for settlement for incapacitated client
Plaintiff counsel is looking for the defendants in a motor vehicle accident negligence case to settle with his incapacitated client.
Luzerne County woman sues collection agency over claims of harassing phone calls
A Luzerne County student and her mother are suing a collection agency claiming that they are being harassed with an inundation of calls to their cellphones even after they asked to collection agency to cease the action.
Alleghany County man sues company claiming fraud, breach of contract in his hiring
An Allegheny County man is suing is former employer for the return of thousands of dollars that he invested in the company.
Terminated worker charges Jeld-Wen Windows and Doors with multiple counts of employment law violation
A Pennsylvania man is suing his employer, a manufacturing company, on charges of disability discrimination in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and other laws, in his job termination.
Children of late physician sue developer of biopharmaceutical products over stock options
The children of a late professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine is suing to get control over 10,000 shares of Opko Health Inc. stock that the company claims they have no ownership due to not claiming the shares within a year of their father’s death.
Pittsburgh resident sues Benton Energy Service to claim alleged unpaid overtime wages
A Pittsburgh resident, who claims he has worked 12 hours day, seven days a week for at least two years, is suing an oilfield service company claiming unpaid overtime wages.
LaRose Catering Ballroom sued over claims of illegally showing championship fight broadcast
Owners of a Philadelphia ballroom are being sued for reportedly illegally broadcasting the September 2013 Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Saul Alvarez, WBC Light Middleweight Championship fight.
Class action lawsuit filed against Convenient Food Marts, City Market Cafe alleging failure to pay overtime wages
A Canadensis man is filing a class action lawsuit against his former employer over claims of unpaid overtime.
Reading Care and Engineering sued over alleged violations of FMLA
A Reading man is suing his former employer, a cranes and hoists engineering company, over his termination, allegedly arising out of his medical condition.
Widower faults Wal-Mart for fallen wife’s eventual death
A Lancaster County man is suing a large Arkansas-based retailer on charges of wrongful death, alleging premises negligence in a 2014 incident which he claims hastened his wife’s demise later that year.
Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad sued over alleged negligence in cumulative injuries of employee
A Salamanca, N.Y. man is suing a railroad company he worked for over cumulative injuries he sustained over his years on the job.
Gemma Power Systems sued over alleged race discrimination and wrongful termination
A Northumberland County man is suing his former employer over claims of race discrimination.
Amtrak sues truck driver over alleged negligence in semi-bridge collision
A transportation company is suing an East Earl man over damages he caused when he drove his tractor-trailer into a bridge, claiming the damages are the fault of the driver's negligence.
Court reform group upset with Democratic group's ads targeting state Supreme Court candidates
A committee chaired by the former chair of the state Democratic Party, Pennsylvanians for Judicial Reform (PJR), has recently sponsored ads against the three Republican candidates campaigning for the three open seats in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Employee sues Horizontal Wireline Services, Allied Wireline Services over alleged failure to pay overtime wages
An Indiana man is suing two oil and gas companies over allegedly implementing an illegal fluctuating work week for its employees, denying them overtime pay.
Philadelphia condo association settles with former executive board
A condominium association that sued the members of its former executive board has reached a settlement with the defendants in that litigation.