News from February 2022

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Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits — Hot Topics of 2021 and Issues on the Horizon for 2022 on February 26

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Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits — Hot Topics of 2021 and Issues on the Horizon for 2022 on February 26.
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Pa. Superior Court quashes appeal from Rex Medical, as company tried to prevent turning over financial records

By Nicholas Malfitano |
HARRISBURG – A panel of judges from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania recently quashed an appeal from Rex Medical, L.P., in response to a Philadelphia trial court decision that the vena cava filter manufacturer must provide certain pieces of financial information pertinent to plaintiffs’ claims for punitive damages.
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Black women allege they were falsely arrested for retail theft at Hershey outlet stores by Derry Township police

By Nicholas Malfitano |
HARRISBURG – Two Black women from Harrisburg say they were profiled by members of the Derry Township Police Department at a local outlet store, accused of retail theft and arrested, before later being released when it was learned that they had in fact committed no crime.
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Scranton and its police department deny responsibility for leaking former officer's personal information

By Nicholas Malfitano |
SCRANTON – The City of Scranton and the Scranton Police Department are seeking to dismiss a lawsuit brought a former Department member, who claimed her confidential personnel file and personal contact information were leaked without her knowledge by those entities, as part of discovery in an unrelated case.
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After special needs girl is allegedly disfigured by elastic hair band, Dollar Tree removes case to federal court

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PITTSBURGH – Dollar Tree has removed litigation from a Pittsburgh woman claiming that her special needs daughter was disfigured on the back of her head by an elastic headband she had purchased there, to a Pennsylvania federal court.
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Cabot couple refute energy company's denials that it trespassed on their property

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania couple who alleged that an energy company illegally encroached on their property to construct a natural gas pipeline, have hit back at the company’s denials that it committed negligence, trespass and other offenses.
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Aerospace company faces class action alleging violation of state's Minimum Wage Act

By Marian Johns |
PITTSBURGH — An aerospace company is facing a class action suit alleging it failed to properly compensate its employees for all hours worked.

Lawsuit alleges woman fell ill after eating breakfast at Perkins

By Marian Johns |
MEDIA — A woman alleges she became seriously ill after eating breakfast at a Perkins in Drexel Hill.
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Mcnees to Announce Legal Equity Advancement Program Winners at Black Is Beautiful Expo in Harrisburg

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Mcnees to Announce Legal Equity Advancement Program Winners at Black Is Beautiful Expo in Harrisburg.
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Spurned ring announcer for Lamar Odom-Aaron Carter fight settles claims with celebrity boxing group

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PHILADELPHIA – A local television host who was initially selected to be the ring announcer for a celebrity boxing match between Lamar Odom and Aaron Carter – and who claimed she was removed from that post by the event promoter and defamed after she declined his sexual advances – has settled her claims.
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Judge rules SCI-Cambridge Springs inmate with gender dysphoria pursuing lawsuit may proceed anonymously

By Nicholas Malfitano |
ERIE – A federal magistrate judge has determined that an inmate at SCI-Cambridge Springs will be able to proceed anonymously in their civil rights discrimination lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and other law enforcement and medical entities.
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Comic creators file class action lawsuit against Action Lab Entertainment over breach of contract and fraud

By Nicholas Malfitano |
HARRISBURG – More than three dozen comic creators have filed a class action lawsuit against a Pennsylvania publisher, claiming that the organization showed a lack of communication, statements, marketing, changed publishing plans and failed to pay them.
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Lawsuit against Bensalem gym over its treadmills is heading to arbitration

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PHILADELPHIA – Litigation between a Philadelphia couple and a Bensalem fitness facility, which claimed that the gym was negligent in maintaining the safety of its treadmill machines and as a result the wife-plaintiff fell and suffered severe injuries, will now be heading to arbitration.
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Plaintiff suing after daughter was cut by broken glass in shower must pursue case in Canada, judge says

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has ordered that more specificity must be provided by a Canadian plaintiff who alleged that a Bucks County manufacturer and installer of shower doors was negligent in its professional duties – and thus, led to her minor-aged daughter being cut by broken glass when it shattered during their hotel stay last year.
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Lawsuit claims woman was hit by pumpkin while in car

By Marian Johns |
PITTSBURGH — A woman claims she was injured during an altercation with a husband and wife after the husband threw an object at her vehicle.
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Skateboarder sues over fall at Stauffer Park

By Marian Johns |
LANCASTER — A skateboarder who allegedly suffered injuries after hitting a defective path at a park is suing.
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Four Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Recognized in 2022 Chambers Global Rankings

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Four Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Recognized in 2022 Chambers Global Rankings.
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Gary Samms Appeared on the Dom Giordano Program on 1210 WPHT

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Gary Samms Appeared on the Dom Giordano Program on 1210 WPHT.
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Dilworth Partner Invited to Join the International Academy of Trial Lawyers

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Dilworth Partner Invited to Join the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Court activity on Feb. 17: Corrine C. Salerno vs Charles J. Salerno

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The Delaware County Court of Common Pleas reported the following activity in the suit brought by Corrine C. Salerno against Charles J. Salerno on Feb. 17: 'Other Miscellaneous-Notice To Retake Maiden Name'.

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