News from October 2023
Fox Rothschild Recognized by Leadership Council on Legal Diversity for Third Year
Fox Rothschild LLP is proud to be named a Top Performer and Compass Award winner for the third consecutive year by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), a sign of the firm’s ongoing commitment to building a more inclusive legal profession.
Lancaster looking to dismiss Monell count in civil rights suit over restaurant altercation arrest
ALLENTOWN – The City of Lancaster is looking to dismiss a count for Monell liability lodged against it, in litigation brought by a woman who contended her civil rights were violated when Lancaster police officers arrested and took her into custody, subsequent to her having had a verbal altercation with a patron at a local restaurant.
Suit: Boy was injured on metal plate at Dutch Wonderland theme park
LANCASTER – The mother of a young boy allegedly injured on a metal plate at the Dutch Wonderland theme park has sued the park, its ownership and affiliated companies, claiming that their collective negligence led to her son’s injuries.
Case over bar assault which ended with a part of the plaintiff's nose bitten off is settled
LANCASTER – A local man who alleged that a Lancaster pub and its employees were negligent in failing stop an assault on him by another customer, an incident which ended with a part of the plaintiff’s nose being bitten off, settled his claims.
Plaintiffs secure $175M jury verdict against Monsanto, in first Roundup trial in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA – In the first local trial against the manufacturers of weed killer product Roundup, a Philadelphia jury found on Friday both that the product caused the cancer of the 83-year-old plaintiff, and that the failure to warn of the product’s carcinogenic properties justified a $175 million verdict.
Specialty chemical firm wants to dismiss Pa. DEP's $2M+ remediation lawsuit
PITTSBURGH – A Williamsport-based specialty chemical firm is looking to dismiss litigation from the state’s Department of Environmental Protection, which is looking to recoup more than $2 million in costs, from a remediation and removal process it undertook and completed to remove hazardous substances from a Rochester warehouse property.
Lawsuit: Steel wire drawing machine component dislodged and struck plaintiff in the face
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania man alleges he incurred a traumatic brain injury and multiple facial fractures, when a component of the defendant’s wire drawing machine unexpectedly dislodged and struck him.
Pretzel maker who alleged anti-gay and anti-disability discrimination settles case
PITTSBURGH – A man who prepared pretzels at a German restaurant in Pittsburgh and alleged he was discriminated against for his homosexuality and disability before later being fired from his role without cause or explanation, has tentatively settled his case.
Trucking company denies that 40,000-pound load caused plaintiff's truck to overturn
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania trucking company has denied claims that a load the plaintiff was carrying, which weighed in excess of 40,000 pounds, shifted without warning and caused his truck to overturn.
Woman who claimed bread rack caused fall maintains allegations while restaurant denies them
PITTSBURGH – A local woman maintains that a restaurant was negligent in placing a wire bread rack on its premises, causing her to trip and fall during a visit to that same restaurant more than a year and a half ago.
Greenberg Traurig’s Kelly Dobbs Bunting to Speak at INCLUSION2023
Kelly Dobbs Bunting, co-chair of the Labor & EmploymentWorkplace Compliance & Counseling Group of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, will speak at the Society for Human Resource Management’s INCLUSION 2023 conference.
U.S. Attorney’s Office and WHYY Present Philadelphia Premiere of “Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life” as Part of Fight Against Hate
On Thursday, October 19, 2023, community members and leaders gathered at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre to watch the first screening in Philadelphia of Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life, United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced.
Plaintiff fights objections to lawsuit alleging sexual assault by her plastic surgeon
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County woman has refuted a series of preliminary objections to her lawsuit, which claimed that her plastic surgeon sexually assaulted her during her a pre-surgical consultation visit and later attempted to her ask her out for a date during her post-operative care.
Attorneys accused of taking another lawyer's work product move for sanctions
PITTSBURGH – Two attorneys have not only refuted allegations that they illegally possess the proprietary information of another lawyer and refuse to return it to him, but they argue that his claim are time-barred, vexatious and worthy of sanctions.
Garnet Valley School District keeps pursuing costs of garage fire
MEDIA – The Garnet Valley School District has, through its insurer, stood by its product liability lawsuit against the North Carolina-based manufacturer of a bus which caught fire in the garage where the vehicles were stored, and severely damaged it.
Ex-botanical business manager says former employer violated state and federal compensation laws
PITTSBURGH – A former manager of a botanical business alleges her past employer and its higher-ups violated state and federal laws, when they failed to pay her proper overtime compensation, failed to reimburse her for expenses she incurred on behalf of the defendants and failed to pay her agreed-upon commissions.
Lawsuit: Crane failure caused large molten metal and chemical release, which burned the plaintiff
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County man claims he suffered severe burns and smoke inhalation, when a crane at the site he was working at failed and caused a subsequent explosive release of 55 tons of molten metal.
Paul T. Rushton and Lee S. Piatt Presented at the Business Law Institute on October 17, 2023
Our own Paul T. Rushton and Lee S. Piatt presented a seminar titled “Back to the Drawing Board: Recent Law Changes and M&A Developments Warrant Reconsideration of Governance Documents by Closely Held Businesses” at the Business Law Institute in Philadelphia this past Tuesday.
Nathan Larkin Selected as a Committee of Seventy Buchholz Fellow
Nathan Larkin, an associate in the firm’s Commercial Litigation Department, has been selected as a Buchholz Fellow of the Committee of Seventy, a nonpartisan civic leadership organization that advances representative, ethical, and effective government across the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
International Student Population Grows at Temple Law
This semester Temple Law School received 69 international students and scholars in our Master of Laws (LLM), exchange student, SJD, and visiting research scholar programs.