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Couple maintain husband's injuries were from defectively designed hunting boots
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania couple maintain that a pair of hunting boots the husband-plaintiff purchased were designed defectively, causing the soles of the boot to unexpectedly separate and him to suffer an injurious fall.
Laborer says negligence of contractor heading up N.J. construction project caused his spinal injuries
PHILADELPHIA – A laborer working on a construction project in New Jersey who suffered a fall which fractured his spine in multiple places, alleges that negligence from the contractor on the project was the proximate cause of his injuries.
Lawsuit accuses heating pad of third-degree burns on woman's bum
PITTSBURGH - The maker of a heating pad faces a Pittsburgh lawsuit that claims it severely burned a customer.
Woman sues Pa. Corrections Dept., says men kept getting jobs she should've
PITTSBURGH - A woman is suing the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, claiming men were given jobs for which she was more qualified.
Black cop at Beaver County alleges racism, including N-word
PITTSBURGH - A move from California to Beaver County didn't turn out like he wanted, says a Black cop who alleges in a new lawsuit that he was subjected to racial slurs.
Vlogger's brother claims beating by cops at car rally
Imeen Barnes, a resident of Pennsylvania, has filed a lawsuit against multiple municipalities and their police departments in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The defendants include Eddystone Borough, Ridley Township, Darby Township, Glenolden Borough, and several unnamed police officers from these areas.
Pa. Superior Court affirms dismissal of TCPA lawsuit lodged against Fla. insurance agent
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has affirmed a trial court’s dismissal without prejudice of a prolific serial litigant’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) case against a Florida insurance agent.
Pa. man, N.J. law firm look to dismiss RICO case brought over debt collection suit
PHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania man and a New Jersey law firm seek dismissal in the case of a tangled series of legal wranglings stretching across two states, which originated with an underlying suit brought in New Jersey state court to collect a debt owed by a former student of Rutgers University, and then a countersuit brought in federal court against the collection law firm for alleged violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
Fayette County denies charges of disability discrimination from one of its assessors
PITTSBURGH – Fayette County has denied allegations that it discriminated against one of its employees, based on her disabilities and/or perceived disabilities, in the form of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Judge: Biological father of girl who died in hoverboard house fire cannot recover Wrongful Death Act damages
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has ruled that the biological father of one girl among two killed in a fatal house fire in Hellertown in April 2022, a fire started by a hoverboard device which malfunctioned while charging, is not eligible to recover damages under the Wrongful Death Act.
Pa. State Police officer denies conducting unlawful search of N.J. man's car
WILLIAMSPORT – A Pennsylvania State Police officer has denied allegations from a New Jersey man that he conducted an unreasonable search of the plaintiff’s car through threatening to have the car towed and impounded, despite an alleged lack of probable cause.
Class action suit over powerboat maintenance will stay in original court
PITTSBURGH – Plaintiffs behind a class action lawsuit which claimed that a manufacturer of sailboats and powerboats has violated the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act through preventing third-party professionals from performing maintenance operations on their boats, without voiding the owners’ respective warranties, have successfully pushed for the suit to stay in its court of origin.
Doctor sues Pennsylvania town over costs of sidewalk repairs
PITTSBURGH - A Mt. Lebanon property owner has sued the township, alleging he and others similarly situated have been forced to pay extra costs associated with sidewalk repair.
Comcast faces lawsuit after data breach
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - Comcast customers claim their personally identifiable information wasn't protected from a December data breach
Man's suit against Bath & Body Works over exploding candle to be resolved in arbitration
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man’s lawsuit claiming that a candle he had lit nearly three years ago caught fire and ignited in an explosive fashion, causing him to suffer severe burns to his fingers, hands and arms, will be addressed in arbitration as opposed to a courtroom.
Class action plaintiffs who alleged that lender violated cap on interest rates refuse arbitration compulsion
ERIE – A pair of in-state plaintiffs who alleged that a Delaware-based lender has violated Pennsylvania guidelines setting a cap on interest rates, are now rejecting an attempt to have their class action litigation against that same lender sent to arbitration.
Lawsuit blames Carbon County jail staff for inmate's suicide
SCRANTON - Carbon County jail employees could have prevented a woman's suicide, a wrongful death lawsuit alleges.
Staff at Devereux accused of ignoring sexual abuse
PHILADELPHIA - Six former residents of juvenile facilities say staff at the Devereux Foundation abused and allowed the abuse to continue.
Suit over maintenance man's fatal MDS may be sent to Commerce and Complex Litigation Center
PITTSBURGH – A suit alleging that a woman’s late husband was subjected to a variety of hazardous and toxic substances in his maintenance duties for U.S. Steel, including benzene – which she maintains caused her husband’s death in 2021 from myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) – may be transferred to Allegheny County’s Commerce and Complex Litigation Center.
Lawsuit says York County harassed, fired lesbian employee
HARRISBURG - An employee of York County's 911 call center says she was first harassed, then fired for filing a complaint.