News from July 2023
Real estate group denies responsibility for four-year-old boy who fell out of third-story window
PITTSBURGH – A real estate entity has denied responsibility for claims made by a Pittsburgh man, who alleged that negligence its part and others led to a 2019 incident where his four-year-old son fell through a window screen on the third story of their residence.
Kilbuck Township homeowners stand by claims that neighbors' parking area flooded their basement
PITTSBURGH – A pair of Western Pennsylvania homeowners have reiterated claims that their next-door neighbors’ illegally-constructed parking area has resulted in groundwater runoff flooding their finished basement.
Truck driver carrying 40,000-pound load says company's negligence led his vehicle to overturn
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania truck driver claims that a load he was carrying which weighed in excess of 40,000 pounds shifted without warning and caused his truck to overturn, and alleges the company’s negligence was the proximate cause of the accident.
Several defendants dismissed from suit between service dogs nonprofit and Rostraver Township
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has pointed to a lack of jurisdiction for his dismissal of several defendants from litigation surrounding a municipal feud, over property a nonprofit group purchased to help provide military veterans with service dogs.
Evangelical who protested Reading's first LGBTQ Pride March claims civil rights violations and false arrest
ALLENTOWN – An evangelical Christian who protested the City of Reading’s first-ever Pride March & Rally says he was unlawfully arrested for disorderly conduct, and has filed a wide-ranging lawsuit against the City, its Chief of Police and two of its officers for civil rights violations, defamation and malicious prosecution, among other allegations.
Pittsburgh parents maintain claims that local café’s tea severely burned their 2-year-old son
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh couple insist that a local café’s tea was manufactured and marketed defectively, due to its excessive heat and an accompanying lack of warnings, leading to their two-year-old son being burned severely when he came into contact with it.
Delco man's lawsuit alleging flammable pest repellent caused fire moves to fed court
PHILADELPHIA – Amazon has removed to federal court an action from a Delaware County homeowner and insurance company, which alleged that his residence sustained significant fire damage after use of a pest repellent which he ordered from the company.
The Global M&A Network Recognizes Troutman Pepper with ‘Distressed Investment Deal of the Year’ Turnaround Award
Troutman Pepper has been selected as a winner for The Global M&A Network’s 15th Annual Turnaround Atlas Awards.
Minnesota Employment Law Update: What Employers Need to Know Now on July 25, 2023
Multiple new employment laws were passed in the 2023 Minnesota legislative session that will have an immediate and ongoing impact on companies with employees in the state.
Maryland woman emphasizes York State Fair organizers' negligence caused her injuries
YORK – A Maryland woman maintains that the organizing companies of the York State Fair were negligent in failing to prevent her injuries, when a passing thunderstorm led her to be hit by a metal object while she was attending the fair.
Cyclist says inadequate lighting on Three Rivers Heritage Trail led him to crash, suit alleges
PITTSBURGH – A local cyclist alleges that due to a lack of adequate lighting, he fell off his bicycle on the Three Rivers Heritage Trail in Pittsburgh and suffered a host of severe injuries.
After six Canadians die in crash, suit against helicopter manufacturer filed in Pa. federal court
PHILADELPHIA – The families of six members of the Canadian Armed Forces who were killed in a helicopter crash off the coast of Greece have launched litigation against the helicopter’s American manufacturer, Sikorsky Aircraft, charging it with defectively designing the aircraft and causing the fatal crash.
UPMC McKeesport staff failed to save plaintiffs' son from pulmonary embolism, they say
PITTSBURGH – The parents of a 33-year-old man who died of a pulmonary embolism at the University of Pittsburgh McKeesport hospital one year ago insists that attending hospital staff failed to discover the aforementioned fatal condition, which caused their son’s death.
Attorneys accused of taking another lawyer's work product dispute conversion claims
PITTSBURGH – Two attorneys have refuted allegations that they illegally possess the proprietary information of another lawyer and refuse to return it to him, arguing that his allegations of conversion are ill-founded.
Lawsuit: Pittsburgh bus' rear-end collision with other vehicle injures rider
PITTSBURGH – A local man claims he was severely injured while riding a Pittsburgh city bus, when the bus came to a sudden and abrupt stop, and caused a rear-end accident with the vehicle in front of it.
State College Area School District should allow all students to participate in extracurriculars, suit says
WILLIAMSPORT – A religious rights group and two Centre County families claim that the State College Area School District is unfairly discriminating against home school and parochial school students within its area, by preventing them from participating in extracurricular activities in the District.
Pa. Supreme Court OKs $2.8M punitive damages award in case with $250K compensatory payout
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has upheld a lower court ruling and approved a calculation formula which resulted in a $2.8 million punitive damages award, in a case where compensatory damages only totaled $250,000.
David Hackett Named Chair of the Riddle HealthCare Foundation
David Hackett, a member of Cozen O'Connor’s Labor & Employment Department, has been named the chair of the Riddle HealthCare Foundation.
Richland Fire Department says it's not responsible for man's bike crash and injuries
JOHNSTOWN – The Richland Fire Department has denied responsibility for head injuries a New York man alleged he incurred, when the bicycle he was riding collided with a plastic barricade placed outside Richland High School and caused him to be thrown from the bike.
Defendants implicated in treadmill stress test injury case ask for case to be thrown out
WILLIAMSPORT – Defendants named in a lawsuit from a woman who alleged she was injured during a treadmill-based medical stress test, are seeking to have the plaintiff’s case thrown out for failure to file a Certificate of Merit.