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Woman dropped from ambulance service's stretcher says she suffered head, wrist injuries
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman claims she suffered head, wrist and other injuries when she fell off a stretcher being operated by a local ambulance service.
Suit: Cylinder cask slips off skid and crushes plaintiff's hand, leading him to lose two fingers
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania man claims he lost two fingers on his left hand two years ago, when a heavy-duty cylindrical cask he was helping to load onto a cask slipped from a skid and crushed his hand, and has now filed suit for compensatory damages.
Altoona automotive firm says it's not at fault for crash, which severely burned Homer City woman
PITTSBURGH – An Altoona automotive company has refused responsibility for causing a motor vehicle crash two years ago that a Western Pennsylvania woman says caused her to suffer third-degree burns over 70% of her body in a catastrophic motor vehicle accident two years ago.
Econo Lodge says it's not liable for Delco plaintiff's bed bug injuries
MEDIA – A Delaware County-based Econo Lodge Hotel has denied liability for alleged bed bug-related injuries that a Philadelphia man says he suffered during a stay at the hotel more than two years ago.
Dementia patient maintains she was sexually assaulted by fellow resident
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman and her counsel maintain she was the victim of two separate incidents of sexual molestation by a fellow resident of a nursing facility she was admitted to in 2021, for treatment of advanced dementia.
Class action lawsuit: Camera manufacturer's policy violated Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County woman alleges that a Maryland camera manufacturer is in violation of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act by excluding third-parties from repairs making repairs on the device, with such a move not being covered by the product’s warranty terms.
Dismissal denied to The Gap, in case lodged by Black women wrongfully arrested for shoplifting
HARRISBURG – The Gap has lost an attempt to dismiss consolidated litigation alleging several Derry Township police officers committed wrongful arrest and process by profiling and taking into custody Black women shopping at the store for supposed theft, before later releasing them when it was learned that they had in fact committed no crime.
Suit: Charter school didn't prevent sexual assault of kindergartener by classmate
PHILADELPHIA – The parent of a kindergartener who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a classmate on more than one occasion, has charged the charter school where the assaults took place with not preventing them from happening.
Judge overrules objections in suit from man injured during real estate open house
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County judge has overruled preliminary objections in litigation filed by a man who sustained a series of injuries following a fall which took place during a real estate open house, and who then brought suit against individuals and entities he feels are both negligent and responsible for his injuries.
Delaware County health care outlets deny responsibility for death of man with heart condition
MEDIA – Several Delaware County health care entities have answered a Georgia woman’s lawsuit, brought after the hospital and its personnel were said to have failed to diagnose and monitor her late husband’s medical condition, which led to him passing away from cardiac arrest soon after his discharge.
Lancaster woman who says she received hand injuries from manicure drops demand for attorney's fees
LANCASTER – A request for attorney’s fees has been removed from litigation filed by a local woman who went into a Lancaster nail salon for a manicure last year, and instead allegedly received serious injuries to her right hand due to the salon’s negligence.
Black attorney says he was questioned as a suspicious person while eating lunch at McDonald's
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County attorney alleges that he was the subject of racial discrimination when police officers responded to a report that he was a suspicious person, as he dined at a local McDonald’s restaurant.
White & Williams seeks to dismiss $30M legal malpractice case from Va. company
PHILADELPHIA – A local law firm seeks to dismiss a legal malpractice suit brought against it by a Virginia business, which claimed the firm’s negligent representation resulted in it losing $30 million.
Black former DHS employee holds true to discrimination and retaliation claims
PITTSBURGH – A Black former employee of Allegheny County’s Department of Human Services has maintained her claims that it retaliated against and fired her from her role within the department, in response to her reporting alleged discrimination tactics against her.
Landlord contradicts events which supposedly led tenant's ceiling to collapse
LANCASTER – In a suit which claimed a landlord’s negligence resulted in the ceiling of the plaintiff’s prior domicile collapsing on her, due to failure to repair a leak in her living room ceiling, the landlord has presented a different series of events which conflicts with the plaintiff’s.
Bus company wants West Mifflin Area School District's objections overruled in breach of contract case
PITTSBURGH – A school bus company is seeking an overruling of preliminary objections in its litigation against West Mifflin Area School District, which alleged that the District breached the contract between the two parties, countering that an unjust enrichment suit should be thrown out.
Beauty salon wants lawsuit accusing it of unsanitary practices thrown out
PHILADELPHIA – A beauty salon says litigation against it from a California woman, who claimed she developed a staph infection due to the salon’s unsanitary practices, should be dismissed for failure to state its claims.
Scrap metal facility imposed noxious odors and noise on its neighbors, plaintiff insists
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman has maintained her claims that a local scrap metal processing facility’s emission of noxious odors, particulates and imposition of noise has negatively affected a number of surrounding area homeowners.
Judge: Upper Chichester Police Department must answer discovery in excessive force case
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has granted a motion compelling the Upper Chichester Township Police Department and several of its members to comply with requests for specific discovery from plaintiff counsel, in connection with a Delaware County man’s assault and excessive force allegations from an incident which occurred two years ago.
Failure to use due care charge removed from injured shopper's suit against Aldi grocery
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County woman and discount grocery store chain Aldi have agreed to dismiss allegations the business failed to use due care, after the plaintiff said a metal produce shelf fell on her when she was shopping inside the grocer’s West Mifflin store.