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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Plaintiff says Upper Darby Township has no basis to dismiss class action parking tickets suit
PHILADELPHIA – A Clifton Heights woman maintains that Upper Darby Township has violated state and federal laws over the past two years by failing to notify hundreds and potentially thousands of drivers it issued parking tickets to of how they may contest those tickets, and that its rationale for wanting to dismiss the case is unfounded.
Suit: Chinese companies manufactured slitting machine which cut off plaintiff's thumb
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania couple alleges that a pair of Chinese manufacturers defectively produced a machine used for cutting sheet metal, resulting in the husband-plaintiff losing his right thumb in the machine at work.
Daughter of woman who died at nursing facility last year says it is to blame for her death
LANCASTER – After a woman who was a resident of the Hamilton Arms Center skilled nursing facility for two months died in June of last year, her daughter alleges the facility is directly responsible for the events in question.
Pa. agency believes woman allegedly hit during police chase in Wilkes-Barre failed to state a claim
SCRANTON – A state financial agency is trying to refute allegations from a Wilkes-Barre woman who claimed she suffered grievous injuries when, as a pedestrian crossing the street in that city, she was struck by a car driven by a suspect who was fleeing arrest from officers of the Wilkes-Barre Police Department.
Neighbors accused of having ill-constructed parking structure that caused flooding deny charges
PITTSBURGH – A Kilbuck Township couple accused of possessing an illegally-constructed parking area whose groundwater runoff flooded their next-door neighbors’ finished basement have denied liability for the events in question.
Woman contends hotel ballroom's table setup injured her during daughter's recital
PITTSBURGH – A woman injured in a Pittsburgh hotel ballroom while watching her daughter’s dance recital, insists that a negligent makeshift table setup used for the event was the proximate cause of her injuries.
Energy group and PennDOT deny liability for man's death, after tree fell on him in his car
PITTSBURGH – Both an energy company and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation have denied liability in a lawsuit filed by the widow of a man who died last year, after a large tree fell on him in his vehicle.
West Mifflin homeowner wants U.S. Steel's objections to her pollution suit overruled
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania homeowner who alleged that U.S. Steel’s refinery plant in Braddock has generated pollutant byproducts that have affected the quality of life of area residents, is looking for the company’s preliminary objections sounding in private nuisance to be overruled.