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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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
Lawsuit: Contractor pierced gas main and failed to report the leak, leading plaintiff's mother to die from exposure
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman claims that a local contractor’s negligence in piercing an underground gas main and failing to report the subsequent leak led to the death of her mother from exposure to the gas.
Delco plaintiff who alleged local health professionals didn't diagnose late husband's cancer gets case consolidation
MEDIA – A Delaware County woman who has now twice alleged that negligence on the part of a host of medical professionals in the Crozer Health Care System led to her late husband’s cancer being missed in examinations, has been granted the requested consolidation of both of her cases.
N.Y. attorney removes $1 million breach of contract case from Pa. contractor to federal court
PITTSBURGH – A New York City attorney facing allegations of providing inadequate representation to former client and Pennsylvania contractor who lost $1 million in an underlying bankruptcy action has removed the case to federal court.
Dollar Tree denies responsibility for injuries suffered by special needs child from elastic headband
PITTSBURGH – Dollar Tree denied the allegations of a Pittsburgh woman claiming that her special needs daughter was disfigured on the back of her head by an elastic headband she had purchased at one of its stores.
N.J. woman alleges Red Roof Inn in Allentown failed to clear ice from its sidewalk, injuring her
ALLENTOWN – A New Jersey woman alleges a host of bodily injuries when she slipped and fell on a sidewalk patch of ice, in walking to her rented room at a local Red Roof Inn one year ago.
Paramedics seek dismissal of willful misconduct claim, in opiate overdose and excessive force lawsuit
PHILADELPHIA – A pair of Philadelphia Fire Department EMT’s are seeking to dismiss a willful misconduct claim, from the lawsuit brought by the estate of a Massachusetts man who died after suffering an opiate overdose.
Judge: Denials handed down for opposing motions, in malicious prosecution case of 'Philly Jesus'
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has denied both the City of Philadelphia’s motion to dismiss and a motion for summary judgment from a street preacher locally known as “Philly Jesus”, who filed a wrongful prosecution case against it after being arrested when he was evangelizing in a public park just before Christmas in 2019.
Scranton school paraprofessionals refute school district's denials of liability in their COVID-19 guidelines case
SCRANTON – A trio of Scranton School District employees have denied the District’s opposition to its lawsuit over rules it implemented last month requiring them to perform their paraprofessional duties inside students’ homes if virtual learning once again takes place, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its pervasive Omicron variant.
Judge: Wrongful death litigation filed after death of man at landfill's gate won't return to state court
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has denied a motion to remand a wrongful death litigation brought by the estate of a young man killed when an allegedly faulty gate at a landfill dropped onto his car, to a state court.