News from November 2017
Woman claims Cigna Group Insurance unlawfully denied benefits
PITTSBURGH – An Ohio woman alleges her claim for disability benefits was wrongfully denied.
Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada alleged to have wrongfully denied benefits
PITTSBURGH – An Avella woman alleges that she has medical evidence to prove her disability and that an insurance company wrongfully denied her benefits.
R & B Contracting & Excavation Inc. alleged to owe more than $30,000 to union funds
PITTSBURGH – A West Homestead construction company is alleged to have failed to pay contributions to a union's funds per the terms of a bargaining agreement.
Arconic Inc. claims Novelis disclosed trade secrets in patent application
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh-headquartered company alleges that a competitor falsely stated on a patent application that its employees were inventors of a process for aluminum.
Symphony Health Solutions Corp. files suit over Kentucky company's use of PHAST mark
PHILADELPHIA – A Conshohocken company alleges a Kentucky company is unlawfully using its trademark.
North American Hoganas Co. alleges it is owed for powder shipped to Florida company
JOHNSTOWN – A Hollsopple metal powder manufacturer alleges a Florida business failed to pay for goods provided.
Man alleges Kidde fire extinguisher failed during use
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man alleges a fire extinguisher failed when he attempted to use it to put out a fire.
Former Abington Reldan Management employee alleges discrimination, FMLA interference
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man alleges that he was wrongfully terminated by his former Fairless Hills employer.
Kentucky man ends legal malpractice suit against former lawyer
PHILADELPHIA – A Kentucky man dismissed his lawsuit against former Philadelphia-based attorney who allegedly failed to adequately represent him in a dispute with his former employer.
Customer alleges dispute over balance on Home Depot credit card
PHILADELPHIA – A retired Philadelphia woman alleges Home Depot has failed to credit her account, in what a recently-filed lawsuit claims has been a long-standing financial dispute over the balance on her Home Depot credit card.
Restoration services company says it is owed $47K from contract with client
PHILADELPHIA – A New Jersey-based fire and water restoration services firm has launched legal action to recover more than $47,000 in unpaid damages connected to a professional contract it entered earlier this year.
Chrysler 300 had defective transmission, new lawsuit alleges
PHILADELPHIA – A plaintiff couple alleges Fiat Chrysler Automobiles violated federal and state commerce laws when it sold them a new Chrysler vehicle which was saddled with a defective transmission.
Utah bank claims Texas defendants violated terms of equipment lease contract
PHILADELPHIA – A Utah-based commercial bank claims a pair of Texas defendants possess an unpaid and outstanding balance to it in excess of $93,000, in equipment lease payments and other expenses.
Pedestrian allegedly injured by fallen electrical wires initiates legal action
PHILADELPHIA – A woman allegedly seriously injured by falling electrical wires subsequent to a nearby motor vehicle accident, has initiated litigation against the driver and business she claims are responsible for her injuries.
Dodge vehicle's allegedly inoperative engine leads to lawsuit
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia plaintiff claims in a recently-filed lawsuit that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles violated a number of federal and state commerce regulations, when it sold them a new Dodge vehicle with a non-working engine and other defects.
Condominium management seeking to recover in excess of $20K from residents
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia-based condominium complex is seeking unpaid damages well in excess of $20,000 from two of its residents related to assessments and other charges, through recently-filed legal action.
Manufacturing companies win unanimous defense verdict in Lackawanna County court asbestos case
SCRANTON – An asbestos-related mesothelioma case litigated in the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas, which sought more than $2 million in damages from a number of manufacturers, ended with a unanimous verdict in favor of the defense on Wednesday.
Superior Court overturns only Risperdal verdict in Janssen Pharmaceuticals' favor and orders new trial
HARRISBURG – A Monday ruling saw the Superior Court of Pennsylvania reverse the lone defense verdict reached in favor of the manufacturer of anti-psychotic drug Risperdal, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, in the drug’s mass tort proceedings held in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.
Lawsuit: Fish oil companies embroiled in $71K contract dispute matter
PHILADELPHIA – A New Jersey-based provider of premium fish oils, vegetable oils and other products initiated legal action against an Omega-3 fish oil manufacturer, for an unpaid sum connected to goods it says it supplied the latter business.
Scranton family filed suit against furniture store for being bitten by bed bugs
PHILADELPHIA – Father and daughter plaintiffs from Scranton have filed a lawsuit against a furniture store corporately based in that same city, after they were supposedly attacked and bitten by bed bugs on a couch the father rented.