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Ambulance service denies it injured woman who fell off stretcher during medical event
PITTSBURGH – A local ambulance service denies it was negligent and that it allegedly caused head, wrist and other injuries to an Arnold woman when she fell off one of its stretchers.
Defendants' failure to remedy electrical system defects led to fatal house fire, plaintiff says
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for a Pennsylvania woman argues that the plaintiff’s daughter’s death in an electrical fire in September 2021 would have been prevented, had the defendants been aware of the defects present in the home’s electricity systems.
Instant Pot manufacturer finalizes settlement in suit over plaintiff's burn injuries
JOHNSTOWN – The manufacturer of an Instant Pot Programmable Electric Pressure Cooker agreed to settle claims for serious burn injuries a Western Pennsylvania woman allegedly suffered using the device over four years ago.
Survival, wrongful death counts dropped from suit in fatal drowning of woman with dementia
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has conditionally dismissed counts of survival and wrongful death against a taxi cab company, who a plaintiff says was responsible for the death of a woman afflicted with dementia, who was dropped off by one of the company’s cabs and wandered alone before later drowning in the swimming pool of one of the suit’s co-defendants.
Stay enacted in entrepreneur's litigation against ride share company Lyft
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge recently ordered a stay and the provision of continual updates in litigation involving a Philadelphia entrepreneur/musician and rideshare company Lyft, with the plaintiff having alleged the company stole and misappropriated his concepts for corporate philanthropy without compensation.
Suit: Man fell through floor opening and landed on drywall and concrete
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County couple allege that the husband-plaintiff suffered a myriad of serious injuries, when he fell through a floor opening and landed on a stack of drywall and a concrete floor.
Judge approves removal of defendant from suit over FDA-recalled surgical scaffold
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has approved the dismissal of one medical company from a couple’s litigation alleging that the wife-plaintiff developed breast cancer, after not being informed that a surgical scaffold used in her 2015 breast augmentation surgery was the subject of an FDA recall, 10 days after said surgery.
Homeowner and realty service seek discovery answers from man who fell during open house
PITTSBURGH – A homeowner and a realty service are seeking to compel answers to its discovery questions for a plaintiff’s who claimed he suffered injuries during an open house event where the plaintiff was touring one of the defendant’s homes.
Maryland woman maintains claims of excessive force from Lancaster police officers
ALLENTOWN – A Maryland woman stands by claims she was the victim of excessive force from Lancaster Police Department officers and suffered a broken arm in the process, when the police came to her residence and forcibly evicted her.
Health care company fights Bucks County inmate's suit
PHILADELPHIA – A health care company is seeking to dismiss counts of alleged professional negligence and vicarious liability from litigation filed by an inmate at the Bucks County Correctional Facility, who charged he was denied adequate and timely medical care when he suffered a broken heel after falling from the furniture in his cell.
Lancaster plaintiff reasserts that late husband's death was result of bleeding from debridement
LANCASTER – A Lancaster woman has again argued that claims that her late husband’s death was caused by a debridement procedure he received on his throat, despite an adverse medical history of cardiovascular problems and use of anticoagulation medicine.
SEPTA conductor's estate says transit agency's negligence caused him to die from COVID-19
PHILADELPHIA – The estate of a Southern New Jersey man has sued the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), alleging that the agency failed to protect him in his work as a conductor and subsequently led him to contract a two year-long and fatal case of COVID-19.
Lawsuit: Plaintiff maimed by mill mixer while on the job
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania man claims he was maimed by a mill mixer while on the job and has filed suit to recover damages for the extensive injuries he suffered as a result.
Med-mal lawsuit concerning infant's emergency testicle removal surgery is settled
PHILADELPHIA – Shortly before trial, a medical malpractice lawsuit brought by the parents of an infant child who underwent emergency surgery to remove one of his testicles was settled.
Pittsburgh man says building owner's negligence led to him suffering spinal fracture
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man alleges that due to his apartment building owner’s negligence, he suffered a fall on an icy sidewalk and fractured one of his lumbar vertebrae.
N.J. woman reiterates that she suffered injuries after hotel room mirror fell on her
LANCASTER – A New Jersey woman reiterates that she was injured in a Lancaster inn, when the mirror which was hanging up in her hotel room fell from the wall and landed on her.
Ohio man re-argues that flames consumed him due to oxygen tank loader's negligence
PITTSBURGH – An Ohio man maintains that negligence on the part of a Western Pennsylvania man loading liquid oxygen into a storage tank caused him to be engulfed in flames when he discarded a lit cigarette in the vicinity.
Delaware County removes wrongful death suit for 18-month-old to Philly federal court
PHILADELPHIA – A wrongful death lawsuit surrounding the murder of an 18 month-old in foster care two years ago, has been removed to a federal court by one of the defendants named in the action, Delaware County.
Defendant named in motorboat propeller accident seeks to bar Fla. man's injury claims
PITTSBURGH – A defendant named in a lawsuit surrounding a motorboat propeller accident which seriously wounded a Florida man, has answered the complaint and denied liability for the subject events in question.
Widower says UPMC-affiliated facility was negligent in causing his wife's fall and later death
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh widower alleges that a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-affiliated facility is responsible for the eventual death of his wife, after she first fell while being transferred from her wheelchair to her bed.