News from October 2022
Jewish man who accused wine distributor of offensive behavior wants suit sent to complex litigation center
PITTSBURGH – A local man reiterates that he was subjected to a hostile work environment, including epithets made against his Jewish heritage and that he was fired when he made complaints about the offending behavior – and wants to see the case moved to Allegheny County’s Commerce and Complex Litigation Center.
Suit: Girls Softball coach's mistreatment preceded player's severe head injury
SCRANTON – A Hanover Township man says his daughter was mistreated and neglected by her softball coach, leading her to eventually suffer a severe brain injury when a batted ball hit her in the back of the head.
Retailer in hoverboard wrongful death lawsuit changes from Walmart to Target
ALLENTOWN – The parents of two sisters killed in a house fire in Hellertown last April have claimed the girls’ hoverboard ignited while charging and caused the fatal blaze, and further, have filed an amended complaint in suing both the device’s manufacturer and retailer – substituting Target in place of Walmart.
Plaintiffs alleging racial discrimination on school admissions again lose motion for class certification
PHILADELPHIA – A group of plaintiffs who claimed in a class action suit that their children were denied admission to criteria-based schools due to the District’s discriminatory policies centered on race have temporarily lost their renewed motion for class certification.
Philadelphia Business Journal Names Troutman Pepper Partner Jennifer Porter Among 2022 Women of Distinction
Philadelphia Business Journal Names Troutman Pepper Partner Jennifer Porter Among 2022 Women of Distinction.
Objections sustained in wrongful death suit connected to woman's death from pneumonia
MEDIA – A state court judge has sustained preliminary objections made in a lawsuit brought by a Drexel Hill plaintiff, who contended that an urgent care facility in Havertown negligently failed to diagnose a woman’s pneumonia, later causing her to die of the condition in December 2019.
Suit: Cosmetology school's lack of protective railing led to plaintiff falling over stairwell
LANCASTER – A Sinking Spring woman alleges that negligence on the part of the Lancaster School of Cosmetology and its owners resulted in her falling over an unguarded stairwell and suffering severe injuries to her face, ankle and shoulder.
Conrad Weiser Area School District dismissed from former student's sex abuse litigation
ALLENTOWN – A Berks County school district has been dismissed from litigation brought by a plaintiff alleging that she was sexually abused as a middle school student by an assistant high school baseball coach.
Philly DA's Office, ADAs dismissed from civil rights suit over narcotics arrest and prosecution
PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office and its counsel have been dismissed from a civil rights lawsuit alleging that multiple Philadelphia Police Department officers and assistant district attorneys violated a Philadelphia man's and his family’s constitutional rights through illegally performed narcotics arrests and prosecutions.
Woman who says her 13-year-old son was profiled and nearly arrested for shoplifting settles case
HARRISBURG – A Harrisburg woman who claimed that her 13-year-old son was racially targeted by management at a local Dollar Store, falsely accused of shoplifting and nearly arrested by police who responded to the scene has settled her claims.
2022 Virtual Title IX Compliance Training on October 25, 2022
2022 Virtual Title IX Compliance Training on October 25, 2022.
NHL mulling settlement approval in suit contending ownership of Pittsburgh Penguins
PITTSBURGH – Per a joint status report, a settlement has been arrived at for litigation seeking to solve the dispute as to the definitive ownership of the National Hockey League’s Pittsburgh Penguins team, which is now before the NHL for its approval.
Suit: Living room leak leads to ceiling collapsing in on plaintiff, due to landlord negligence
LANCASTER – A local woman claims that her former landlord’s negligence resulted in the ceiling of her prior domicile collapsing on her, due to that landlord’s failure to repair a leak in her living room ceiling.
West Chester police officers say Luzerne County man was intoxicated during arrest, and that they're immune from suit
PHILADELPHIA – The Borough of West Chester has answered a lawsuit from a Luzerne County man who alleged that two of its police officers used excessive force when arresting him nearly three years ago, by countering that he was intoxicated at the time and its actions were protected by qualified immunity.
Oil City man ready to settle with Little League Baseball for injuries he suffered when struck by an errant ball
ERIE – A Western Pennsylvania man who suffered severe injuries to his teeth after being struck by a baseball more than nine years ago and claimed that Little League Baseball promised him and his family that its insurance would cover his full medical damages and later reneged on that promise, is ready to settle his case.
Youth rehab center denies allegations that facility resident suffered physical and sexual abuse
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for a local rehabilitation center for delinquent youth has denied allegations made by a Western Pennsylvania man, who says he was repeatedly assaulted both physically and sexually by staff members at the facility.
Jennifer L. Becker Joins Marshall Dennehey as Director of Marketing & Business Development
Jennifer L. Becker Joins Marshall Dennehey as Director of Marketing & Business Development.
Ohio man says flames consumed him due to oxygen tank loader's negligence
PITTSBURGH – An Ohio man contends that negligence on the part of a Western Pennsylvania man loading liquid oxygen into a storage tank caused him to be engulfed in flames when he discarded a lit cigarette in the vicinity.
Trinity Area School District gets gender discrimination count tossed from girls' basketball player's retaliation suit
PITTSBURGH – A 16-year-old student and girls basketball player at Trinity High School who contended she was the target of retaliation from school district officials after she reported allegations of a sexual assault committed against another student by a member of the boys basketball team, has lost her Title IX gender discrimination claim, but retained her retaliation claim.
West Penn Hospital again denies it caused boy's severe brain damage, post-delivery
PITTSBURGH – West Penn Hospital and its affiliated companies, who disavowed any and all liability for negligence which allegedly caused a baby boy to develop severe hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy after his delivery, provided an answer to the suit after having their preliminary objections denied by the presiding judge.