News from August 2023
Curran-Fromhold and officials repeatedly deny they violated inmate's constitutional rights
PHILADELPHIA – Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility and its officials continue to deny liability in a suit from a Delaware County man, who alleged that he was subjected to a lack of medical care and cruel and unusual punishment in violation of his constitutionally protected civil rights, while incarcerated there.
Woman reiterates that real estate entities are liable for injuries in Airbnb party shooting escape
PITTSBURGH – A woman who suffered severe injuries while escaping a shooting at a party that took place at an Airbnb rental home in Pittsburgh insists the company and other entities are liable for her injuries.
Court grants partial dismissal of lawsuit over COVID-19 death of college football player
PITTSBURGH – A federal court has granted a partial dismissal of claims connected to the COVID-19-related death of a superstar lineman for Pennsylvania Western University California, in 2020.
Couple say police SWAT team damaged their home in attempt to find shooting suspect
PITTSBURGH – A local couple alleges that City of Pittsburgh and Borough of Monroeville police officers violated their civil rights and those of their family by unlawfully using paramilitary force to break into their house, detain them, destroy their belongings and contaminate their home with tear gas, this past January.
Jackson Kelly Attorney Neil Brown Moves to Pittsburgh Office
Jackson Kelly PLLC is pleased to announce that Associate Neil Brown is now resident in the Firm’s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania office.
Upper Darby Township parking director's departure adds to suit's credibility, plaintiff says
PHILADELPHIA – The recent departure of Upper Darby Township’s Director of Parking Enforcement in the wake of theft and other charges strengthens a lawsuit filed against the township which alleges it failed to notify motorists of how to contest parking tickets it issued, according to plaintiff counsel.
Energy group and PennDOT deny liability for man's death
PITTSBURGH – The widow of a man who died last year after a large tree fell on him in his vehicle, has refuted the denials of liability for that event, from both an energy company and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
Judge denies SEPTA's attempt to dismiss case from estate of former conductor who died of COVID-19
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has rejected an attempt by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) to dismiss a case from the estate of a Southern New Jersey man, one which alleged that the agency failed to protect the decedent in his work for it as a conductor and subsequently led him to contract a two-year-long fatal case of COVID-19.
Law School Admission Council denies it violated ADA in administering LSAT test to plaintiff
PHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania group tasked with overseeing the Law School Admission Test has denied claims that it failed to provide a woman with impaired vision proper accommodations for taking the test, actions which would be in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Coopersburg woman alleges false arrest and other claims from Upper Saucon Township police
ALLENTOWN – A Lehigh County woman claims that in response to a wellness check call initiated by a friend, several officers from the Upper Saucon Township Police Department responded with an improper seizure, assault and false arrest.
Business Today Names 30 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys to Its Top 10 Lists
Business Today named 30 Cozen O'Connor attorneys to 21 of its 2023 top 10 lists.
Nursing facility objects to wrongful death suit and its punitive damages claims
LANCASTER – The Hamilton Arms Center skilled nursing facility has brought preliminary objections against both the general allegations and demand for punitive damages made by the daughter of a resident who died there in June of last year.
Pittsburgh man maintains real estate group's negligence led his four-year-old to fall out third-floor window
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man insists that negligence on the part of a group of real estate entities led to a 2019 incident where his four-year-old son fell through a window screen, from the third story of their residence to the ground below.
Philly police look to dismiss suit over man's death in custody two years ago
PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Police Department has motioned to dismiss litigation which alleged it violated its own policies, when it arrested the plaintiff’s late father two years ago and failed to subsequently administer medical aid, leading to his death while in custody.
Death of 20-year-old Texas man on off-road vehicle leads to Allegheny Co. wrongful death lawsuit
PITTSBURGH – The manufacturer of an off-road utility vehicle has removed litigation to federal court which accuses it of failing to properly construct and design the vehicle, in such a way as to have prevented the death of a 20-year-old Texas man in July of 2021.
After demand for new trial and fees, suit from man arrested by Pa. State Police is settled
PHILADELPHIA – A Chester County man who claimed he was illegally subjected to detainment, search, arrest and a blood test for DUI without probable cause by a Pennsylvania state trooper and who won a $500 verdict after a three-day jury trial, has settled his case after post-trial motions for a new trial and an award of attorney’s fees.
Pittsburgh man pinned against gasoline pump says no need to join additional parties in case
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man pinned against a gasoline pump by a car involved in a nearby automobile accident is refuting an attempt by British Petroleum to dismiss his case, due to an alleged failure to join necessary parties.
West Penn Power Company rejects liability for tree fall that paralyzed man and killed his wife
PITTSBURGH – West Penn Power Company declines liability in a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit brought against it, over a fallen tree incident that left one man paralyzed for life and killed his wife.
Glassport plaintiff maintains injury claims from trailer-connected plywood ramp
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman stands by claims that she was seriously injured, when she fell while traversing a rain-slicked plywood ramp connected to a trailer, on the premises of her partner’s employer.
Lawsuit: Woman ingested glass shards while eating enchilada from Trader Joe's
PITTSBURGH – A local woman says she unknowingly ingested glass shards when eating a frozen enchilada she purchased from her local Trader Joe’s grocery store, and has filed suit against the store and the manufacturer of the enchilada.