News from March 2022
Man alleges father was embalmed, buried by funeral home without next of kin consent
MEDIA — A man alleges his deceased father was embalmed and buried without his consent and against his religious beliefs.
Mcnees Attorney Presenting Popular Annual Labor Law Update
Mcnees Attorney Presenting Popular Annual Labor Law Update.
Third Circuit: Clarity needed in case by parents of killer against state police
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ordered that a civil rights lawsuit over an allegedly unlawful seizure of a firearms cache needs additional evidence in support of the parties’ Second Amendment arguments.
Couple who alleged Brookhaven's negligence led to them incurring $15K of basement water damage settle case
MEDIA – A local couple who alleged the Borough of Brookhaven was liable for more than $15,000 in damages caused to its basement, supposedly caused by a negligently installed backflow valve which directed storm water into the plaintiffs’ basement, have settled its case with the Borough.
U.S. magistrate judge to hear case that government health authorities allegedly missed diagnosing man's prostate cancer
ERIE – Litigation between a local man and the U.S. government, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Veterans Health Administration and the Erie Veterans Administration Medical Center, filed over allegations they failed to early-diagnose his prostate cancer, is heading to the court of a federal magistrate judge.
Westmoreland County officials receive confidential protective order in ex-prison warden's lawsuit
PITTSBURGH – Westmoreland County authorities have been granted a confidential protective order surrounding certain elements of discovery, in a harassment and professional retaliation suit from the former warden of the county’s prison.
Lawsuit claims guardrails on Interstate 81 are unsafe
HARRISBURG – A Georgia couple allege that a state-maintained guardrail safety system along Interstate 81 failed to decelerate their vehicle, when the vehicle made contact with the guardrail and it speared through the vehicle to injure its driver.
Jacqueline Segal Reelected to Greater West Chester Chamber Board of Directors
Jacqueline Segal Reelected to Greater West Chester Chamber Board of Directors.
Morgan Lewis Partners Tess Blair, Scott Milner Named 2022 Ai Visionaries
Morgan Lewis Partners Tess Blair, Scott Milner Named 2022 Ai Visionaries.
Parents of UPenn student who committed suicide in 2016 settle wrongful death litigation with school
PHILADELPHIA – The parents of a student at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business who committed suicide six years ago have settled wrongful death litigation with the school, in a suit which charged it ignored the decedent’s requests for mental health counseling and assistance.
Fla. man files suit against Bucks County firm over supposed inequitable distribution of assets from his mother's will
PHILADELPHIA – A Florida man has filed a lawsuit seeking to redress a grievance surrounding the alleged inequitable distribution of assets from his mother’s will to himself and his two siblings, one of whom is a defendant.
Allegheny County officials deny they are preventing universal church from solemnizing its marriages
PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County officials have denied claims from a Seattle-based, non-denominational church that alleged those officials are misusing a Pennsylvania law to avoid solemnizing legal marriages in the Commonwealth.
Settlement in the works between strip club owners and Small Business Administration over denial of COVID-19 relief funds
ALLENTOWN – A settlement is brewing between strip club owners in five states, including Pennsylvania, and the U.S. Small Business Administration, over claims that the SBA’s moral judgment about their businesses violated their constitutional rights and caused them to be deprived of receiving loans issued to restaurant and nightlife owners adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
African-American Muslim contractor allegedly framed for materials theft on job site settles case
PHILADELPHIA – An African-American and Muslim contractor who claimed he was framed for materials theft by a racist employee of a business he was working at and arrested by members of the Philadelphia Police Department, despite there being no evidence he had committed any crime, has settled his case.
Robert Baron Named to Managing IP's Pennsylvania Litigator of the Year Shortlist
Robert Baron Named to Managing IP's Pennsylvania Litigator of the Year Shortlist.
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Divided ruling in case of woman allegedly arrested for not supporting Trump
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has granted in part, denied in part and partially held in abeyance a motion for summary judgment filed by two Pittsburgh police officers, in a lawsuit brought by a woman who alleged she was unlawfully arrested because she didn’t support former President Donald Trump.
Aldi shopper alleging sticky store floor caused her to fall rejects argument she's at fault
PITTSBURGH – An Aldi shopper who claimed that an accumulated, sticky substance on the floor of a store located in Penn Hills was the cause of an injurious fall she sustained, has denied that she was contributorily negligent.
Wrongful death suit: Unsafe driving led to wheelchair-bound man's fatal fall in transport van
PITTSBURGH – An Ohio woman and her mother have filed wrongful death litigation against a Western Pennsylvania healthcare operation and the driver of a van who allegedly failed to secure a decedent’s wheelchair while in transit and drove recklessly, leading the man to topple over and die from his resultant injuries.
Corrections officer disciplined for Facebook post settles First Amendment claims with City of Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA – A corrections officer who claimed that his First Amendment rights were violated when he was disciplined for a Facebook post calling for a rally in response to payroll policy breaches, has settled with the City of Philadelphia.
Former aide for state Sen. Anthony Williams feels his legal team is dragging out discrimination case
PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for an ex-constituent services worker for state Sen. Anthony Williams who claims she was fired before Christmas in 2018 and after contracting breast cancer, has lodged objections to what they feel are defense counsel’s maneuvers to drag out the case.