News from April 2017
Former Heart II Heart care worker claims she was wrongfully fired
PITTSBURGH — An employee is suing Heart II Heart LLC, a company that provides in-home care-giving, citing alleged retaliation, wrongful discharge and wrongful termination.
Man claims The Hartford incorrectly terminated his long-term disability benefits
PITTSBURGH — A Johnstown man is suing The Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company, citing alleged breach of contract for wrongly denying his long-term disability benefits.
Iron workers' union says R & B Contracting & Excavating failed to make required payments
PITTSBURGH — An iron workers' union is suing R & B Contracting & Excavating Inc., citing alleged breach of contract for neglecting to make payments to the group's employee funds.
Suit claims Community Education Centers terminated employee in violation of FMLA
PHILADELPHIA — A former security worker is suing Community Education Centers Inc., citing alleged retaliation and violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
Superior Court partially upholds verdict on Right to Farm Act case, remands for further proceedings
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has found partial favor with and remanded a case between a Lycoming County farm and its neighbors, ruling its activities are protected under the Right to Farm Act (RTFA).
Third Circuit says settlement's contract language not ambiguous and monthly payment terms remain as is
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled to reject a claim that monthly payments in a settlement agreement would increase by five percent per month only in the case of three references to a cure provision.
Mississippi employees retirement fund's securities lawsuit set for switch to federal court
PHILADELPHIA – Defendants in a securities fraud action brought by a public employee retirement organization have filed to remove the action from the Chester County Court of Common Pleas to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Man's lawsuit claiming he was served food with shards of broken plate at Longhorn moved to federal court
PHILADELPHIA – Longhorn Steakhouse is looking to have the case of a New Jersey man who says he became ill and injured from allegedly being served shards of a broken plate at their location in Hamilton Township, N.J. removed to federal court.
Feds seek to dismiss Second Amendment case involving mentally ill
PHILADELPHIA – Plaintiffs questioning a law that bans the mentally ill from possessing firearms have dropped Pennsylvania defendants from their case while remaining federal officials recently filed a motion to dismiss claims against them.
Convicted murderer loses malicious prosecution claim over dropped bad-checks charge
PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania appeals court has affirmed summary judgment against a Philadelphia convicted murderer who was accused of writing bad checks in Bucks County.
Counterclaim forces Superior Court to quash former home improvement employee's appeal
HARRISBURG – A Pennsylvania appeals court recently quashed an appeal of a summary judgment decision in York County that found a home improvement business did not owe a former employee more than $5,000 for his services.
Philadelphia School District files appeal in case of W.C. Bryant sixth-grader who died of asthma attack
PHILADELPHIA — Defendants in the wrongful death lawsuit of a sixth-grade student with asthma have appealed the denial of judgment on some of the plaintiffs' claims.
Ex-ScripsAmerica CEO files motion to dismiss or transfer his former employer's case against him
PHILADELPHIA — Defendant Robert Schneiderman has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed against him by ScripsAmerica Inc. Schneideman, in the alternative, asks to transfer the action to the U.S. District Court of Delaware.
Labor Department brings suit against Bartash Printing, owners for paying allegedly inadequate overtime
PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Department of Labor is suing a printing company and its owners, citing alleged unpaid wages and violation of applicable minimum wage law for failing to pay adequate overtime.
Attorney sues Lincoln National for failing to pay full benefits
PHILADELPHIA — A Downington man is suing The Lincoln National Life Insurance Co., citing alleged breach of contract for not paying him all benefits owed.
Siemens says former employee took numerous confidential documents before leaving company
PITTSBURGH — Siemens is suing a previous employee, citing alleged breach of contract for his misappropriation of thousands of confidential documents.
IBEW says Penn-Ohio Electrical failed to pay into union funds
PITTSBURGH — An electrical workers' union is suing Penn-Ohio Electrical Company, citing alleged breach of contract for neglecting to contribute to the union's benefits funds.
Carpenters Combined Funds says Pittsburgh contractor didn't make union payments
PITTSBURGH — A carpenters' labor group is suing R & B Contracting & Excavating Inc. a/k/a R & B Contracting & Excavation Inc., citing alleged breach of contract.
Muddy Girl camo toys at center of copyright lawsuit
PHILADELPHIA — A design business is suing Nxt Generation LLC and Global Manufacturing Associates Inc., both based in Ohio, citing alleged copyright infringement for using a camouflage pattern without permission.
Online marketing company says ActiveProspect mischaracterized its business in blog
PHILADELPHIA — An online commerce company based in Ambler is suing ActiveProspect Inc., citing alleged unfair competition concerning a blog post that the company's CEO posted on its website.