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Sunday, September 29, 2024

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Lawsuit: Colwyn cop harassed, arrested citizen

By Pennsylvania Record |
PHILADELPHIA - A Colwyn man says he was repeatedly harassed by a cop there, including being placed in a cop car because he was drinking ginger ale outside.

Second lawsuit brought against Philadelphia Housing Authority for fatal 2022 apartment fire

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PHILADELPHIA – A fatal apartment house fire in Philadelphia, which took place in January 2022 and caused the deaths of 12 people, has not only spawned a state court wrongful death lawsuit, but now a federal court civil rights lawsuit.

Phila. and claims dismissed from suit of woman allegedly denied medical care in police custody

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has dismissed the City of Philadelphia and two different counts from a lawsuit brought by a Philadelphia woman who alleged she was wrongly arrested for a road rage incident involving her daughter, denied medical care and as a result, had a seizure while in custody.

Allegheny County says it is not responsible for jail inmate's spinal injuries sustained in fall

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County has responded to litigation brought an inmate at its jail which claimed the slippery surface of a shower floor caused him to fall and suffer herniated discs in his spine and other injuries, discounting any and all liability for the entire incident.

Jewish man who accused wine distributor of offensive and discriminatory behavior, settles claims

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PITTSBURGH – A local man who claimed he was subjected to a hostile work environment, including epithets made against his Jewish heritage and that he was fired when he made complaints about the offending behavior, has settled those claims.

Wrongful death suit says woman burned alive after hitting propane truck

By Pennsylvania Record |
PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County lawsuit says a passenger in a car burned alive when it collided with a propane truck whose fuel line severed.

Man convicted of murder sues Chester County after Third Circuit frees him

By Pennsylvania Record |
PHILADELPHIA - A man convicted in a 2014 home-invasion murder is now suing Chester County after the Third Circuit found evidence lacking.

Lancaster County law enforcement seeks judgment on the pleadings for raids of vape products shops

By Nicholas Malfitano |
ALLENTOWN – Lancaster County, its district attorney and police officers are seeking judgment on the pleadings in litigation asserting that they conducted warrantless raids of businesses selling vape products last April, raids which those proprietors contend were illegal and contradictory to state laws currently on the books.

Delco woman who claimed she fell into hole at Fernwood Cemetery while attending funeral ends case

By Nicholas Malfitano |
MEDIA – A Delaware County woman who alleged that Fernwood Cemetery was negligent in the operation of its funerary grounds, the result of which was her falling into a deep hole at the cemetery, has resolved her claims.

Colorado man who said his Pa. property was demolished without him knowing, appeals to Third Circuit

By Nicholas Malfitano |
SCRANTON – A Colorado man who contended that a piece of mixed-use property he owned in Pittston was illegally demolished without the responsible authorities serving him notice, and who lost his case in federal court, has appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Lawsuit blames Pittsburgh schools for attack at Brashear High

By Pennsylvania Record |
PITTSBURGH - A Brashear High student who says he was bullied, including an attack that led to a traumatic injury, has sued the Pittsburgh Public School District.

Lycoming County sued over death of diabetic inmate

By Pennsylvania Record |
WILLIAMSPORT - A federal wrongful death lawsuit says staff at Lycoming County's prison allowed a man's diabetic condition to worsen until he died in custody.

Pittsburgh Steelers season ticket holder says she was wrongfully accused of using a racial slur

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh Steelers season ticket holder alleges she was treated rudely by stadium personnel and then defamed by being wrongly accused of using a racial slur towards another stadium employee working during the game.

Equipment operator who said PennDOT didn't accommodate his disability and fired him drops one defendant

By Nicholas Malfitano |
SCRANTON – A transportation equipment operator who insisted that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation failed to accommodate his disability and later fired him for alleged comments he made in a Facebook post has voluntarily dismissed one defendant from claims made under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act.

Attorney who alleged other counsel stole his work product and refused to return it now fights sanctions

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania attorney who alleged that proprietary information from his law firm is in the possession of other counsel and that those defendants have refused to return his information to him, is now fighting sanctions levied against him by the defendants.

Uber seeks to move case surrounding murder of driver to arbitration, rather than court

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PITTSBURGH – Uber has argued that wrongful death litigation brought by a Pennsylvania woman concerning the murder of her daughter, a driver for the ride share service who was held up at gunpoint and killed by her passenger, should be resolved in arbitration and not in a court of law.

Judge will allow some child statements in suit over first-graders taught transgender issues

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has clarified the admissibility of child statements made to parents suing the Mount Lebanon School District, in a lawsuit which alleged their civil rights were violated when the district provided classroom instruction to their first-grade children on the topics of gender dysphoria and transgender transitioning.

Sesame Place Philadelphia wants judgment in lawsuit alleging discrimination against Black children

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PHILADELPHIA – SeaWorld’s Sesame Place Philadelphia is seeking a dismissal through summary judgment, in litigation which charged that employees of the park discriminated against the plaintiff’s daughter, a Black child, during a meet-and-greet session with some costumed characters.

Home inspection group avails itself of liability for property buyers' mold exposure injuries

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PITTSBURGH – A home inspection company has refuted claims liability that it was responsible for mold exposure injuries that a pair of New Kensington home buyers sustained, after they purchased the property in question from their co-defendants.

Marple Township seeks dismissal of case brought after man killed by passing vehicle

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PHILADELPHIA – Marple Township and several of its police officers look to dismiss unnecessary and unserved parties and what it calls improper relief, in civil rights litigation brought by the estate of a man left at a bus stop while in an intoxicated state by Township police officers, and who was then killed by a passing vehicle shortly thereafter two years ago.