News from June 2022

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Mcnees Becomes First Pa. Law Firm to Join Women-owned Business Advocacy Group

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Mcnees Becomes First Pa. Law Firm to Join Women-owned Business Advocacy Group.
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Monessen residents' class action nuisance lawsuit versus landfill survives dismissal motion

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PITTSBURGH – A class action, nuisance-based lawsuit from a group of Westmoreland County residents against a local landfill has survived a motion to dismiss in a Pennsylvania federal court.
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Homeowner who had been awarded $5.7M default judgment over flood claims, loses judgment and case

By Nicholas Malfitano |
SCRANTON – A Dalton property owner who claimed the borough committed ongoing misconduct and trespass in its refusal to provide catch basins for 21 years, which then caused her property to suffer tremendous flooding damage and her to suffer physical and emotional distress, recently lost her case.
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Ex-Manheim Township School District Superintendent alleges he was target of baseless harassment claims

By Nicholas Malfitano |
LANCASTER – The former Superintendent of Manheim Township School District claims he was the subject of baseless allegations of gender and age-based harassment leveled against him by other employees of the District.
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Philly man says he was assaulted by George W. Hill corrections officers

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man alleges he was the victim of an assault and battery by corrections officers, after visiting his girlfriend in custody at George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Delaware County.
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Couple allege wife developed cancer after being treated with FDA-recalled scaffold

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PITTSBURGH – A local couple allege that the wife-plaintiff developed breast cancer after not being informed that a surgical scaffold used in her 2015 breast augmentation surgery was the subject of an FDA recall, 10 days after said surgery.
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Four Steps To Navigating Data Privacy Impact Assessments on June 16, 2022

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Four Steps To Navigating Data Privacy Impact Assessments on June 16, 2022.
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Policy group advocates Pa. Supreme Court to adopt 1:1 ratio cap on punitive damages

By Nicholas Malfitano |
WASHINGTON – A nonprofit, public-interest law firm and policy center has suggested the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania follow the example of the U.S. Supreme Court, and adopt a proportional cap on the subject of punitive damages.
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Lawyers get $1M verdict for Philly cops, seek $800K in fees

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PHILADELPHIA – After a jury ordered the City of Philadelphia to pay a total of $1 million to a pair of female, former Philadelphia police officers, who claimed they were the longtime targets of harassment and discrimination in a federal court lawsuit, counsel for the officers are now seeking more than $800,000 in attorney’s fees and costs.
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Moses Taylor Hospital doc discounts negligence claims that his malpractice led to girl's appendicitis

By Nicholas Malfitano |
SCRANTON – A physician from Moses Taylor Hospital has denied liability in a negligence and medical malpractice lawsuit he and others face from the parent of a minor girl who suffered a case of appendicitis.
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In wake of settlement, federal judge dismisses excessive force suit against officers at SCI-Rockview

By Nicholas Malfitano |
WILLIAMSPORT – After a settlement was completed in excessive force litigation brought by a prisoner currently in state custody against a number of corrections officials at SCI-Rockview, a federal judge ordered the case dismissed without prejudice.
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Pottstown Hospital, Tower Health want Chester County woman's excessive force lawsuit dismissed

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PHILADELPHIA –Pottstown Hospital and Tower Health are continuing their efforts to dismiss a Chester County woman’s litigation for excessive force injuries she claims she sustained in an arrest at the hospital almost three years ago by Pottstown police officers.
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Dove A.E. Burns to present on employment law & professional liability

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Dove A.E. Burns to present on employment law & professional liability.
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After Third Circuit orders undated Lehigh County ballots to be counted, SCOTUS denies stay

By Nicholas Malfitano |
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court denied an application for stay pending certiorari in a federal lawsuit first brought in Allentown, concerning whether or not 257 Lehigh County ballots missing the date on their outer envelopes will be officially counted in last November’s general election.
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Lansdale shopper who said she was injured in slip-and-fall at Big Lots, settles her case

By Nicholas Malfitano |
MEDIA – A Lansdale woman who alleged that her local Big Lots store created and failed to repair a tripping hazard on its premises, which led to her falling and becoming seriously injured while she was shopping there, has settled her claims.
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Parkesburg couple settle injury claims with Best Western, over stage fall incident

By Nicholas Malfitano |
LANCASTER – A Parkesburg couple have settled a case which alleged their local Best Western resort was negligent in using an elevated platform stage without railings, which caused one of the plaintiffs to fall from the platform and suffer a multitude of injuries.
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Behavioral health associate settles retaliation and wrongful termination claims with drug facility

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PHILADELPHIA – An associate at a drug treatment center has settled claims that his employer and its personnel violated public policy by retaliating against him for exercising his rights and making a good faith report of wrongdoing and waste.
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Class action plaintiff provides their side of the story, in deposition dispute with Giant Eagle

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PITTSBURGH – An individual among a group of class action plaintiffs opposes an attempt by Giant Eagle grocery stores to sanction him for missing two appointments to take his deposition.
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Fine-tuning the Affordable Care Act in the Second Decade: Actuarial Strategy and Tactics on June 13, 2022

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Fine-tuning the Affordable Care Act in the Second Decade: Actuarial Strategy and Tactics on June 13, 2022.
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Settlement for injury suit against Federal Express, which got attention from Pa. trial lawyers

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PHILADELPHIA – A slip-and-fall injury suit against Federal Express which had attracted the attention of a leading organization for trial lawyers in Pennsylvania and was headed for trial this month, was recently settled.

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