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Plaintiffs who alleged $400K in home damages from Rust-Oleum voluntarily dismiss case
PHILADELPHIA – A pair of Pennsylvania homeowners who said that a wood-staining product they purchased at a local Home Depot store caused a significant fire at their residence and led to more than $400,000 in damages recently ended their case through a voluntary dismissal.
Delco man settles excessive force case with Upper Chichester Township Police Department
PHILADELPHIA – A Delaware County man who alleged he was the victim of excessive force and suffered several serious injuries when he was assaulted without warning by several members of the Upper Chichester Township Police Department three-and-a-half years ago, recently settled his case.
Pregnant woman fired by Popeye's after struggles with drive-thru window sues
PHILADELPHIA - Popeye's faces a discrimination lawsuit from a woman who was hired and fired while pregnant and had difficulties operating the drive-thru window.
Woman sues Bowflex over head injury
PHILADELPHIA - Exercise ended in injury, a federal lawsuit against Bowflex alleges.
Lawsuit alleges injury on air mattress led to foot amputation
SCRANTON - A Lackawanna County lawsuit says a resident at Green Ridge Care Center ultimately lost a foot after being injured on a machine used to adjust air mattresses.
Lawsuit filed after delivery of fetus' remains takes five days
YORK - Parents are suing Wellspan York Hospital for not getting the remains of a fetus to their preferred funeral home in a timely fashion.
Three defendants in $2M DEP suit over remediation costs found in default in federal court
PITTSBURGH – Three defendants have been found in default in litigation from the state’s Department of Environmental Protection, which is looking to recoup more than $2 million in costs from a remediation and removal process it undertook and completed to remove hazardous substances from a Rochester warehouse property.
Widow of man who died from COVID-19 tries to keep suit alive against Allegheny County corrections officials
PITTSBURGH – The widow of a man incarcerated at the Allegheny County Jail and who passed away from COVID-19 two years ago, a plaintiff who contended that institutional failures on the part of the jail and its officials directly contributed to his death, is now trying to refute an attempt to dismiss her case.
Woman shot while fleeing adult nightclub in 2021 wins discovery motion
PITTSBURGH – A woman who sustained a gunshot wound while fleeing a fight which occurred in the parking lot of an adult nightclub in early 2021, has won a motion to compel the owners of the club to produce discovery evidence.
Allegheny County Jail inmate reiterates that slick shower floor led to his fall and herniated discs
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County Jail inmate who alleged the slippery surface of a shower floor caused him to fall and suffer herniated discs in his spine and other injuries, has reiterated his claims that the county is liable.
YMCA facility denies discriminating against and wrongly firing Black lifeguard
PHILADELPHIA – A local YMCA facility has denied allegations of racial discrimination lodged by a Black lifeguard, who claimed he was unjustly fired despite leading an emergency rescue situation, while the posted lifeguard, a Caucasian woman, was absent.
State College sued by auto financier after towed cars are given away
HARRISBURG - An automobile credit company is suing State College, claiming the city gives away cars as compensation to towing companies.
Former IHOP employee alleges racism, sexual harassment on-the-job
PITTSBURGH - A woman is suing the International House of Pancakes, claiming, among other things, she was locked in a freezer and subjected to sexual harassment.
Equipment operator allegedly fired for Facebook post loses claims from his case
SCRANTON – A transportation equipment operator who alleged 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 lost partial counts from his complaint, on order of a federal judge.
Makers of infant sleeping device that allegedly killed four-month-old will question his father
PHILADELPHIA – The makers of an infant sleeping device who allegedly failed to correct an inherent flaw in the product that resulted in the death of a nearly-four-month-old infant have been granted the opportunity to depose one of the plaintiffs while he is incarcerated on unrelated criminal charges.
Attorney who alleged other counsel stole his work product and refused to return it overcomes sanctions try
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 has overcome an attempt at sanctions levied against him by the defendants.
Female basketball coach says school district gave her job to a man
PITTSBURGH - A federal lawsuit says a female basketball coach was hired to head a middle school boys program but the job was then given to a man.
Lawsuit calls UPMC a monopsony, claims workers penalized
PITTSBURGH - A federal lawsuit says the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center used its power to pay workers less.
$1.1M settlement proposed in class action versus Gannon University over its format during COVID-19
ERIE – An undergraduate student who filed a class action lawsuit against Gannon University, claiming that he and others were deprived of the on-campus education and experience they paid for when the COVID-19 pandemic occurred and learning shifted to remote status, now looks to have the case settled for $1.1 million.
Families of Chester children killed by passing Amtrak train, fight motion for judgment on pleadings
PHILADELPHIA – The estates of two minor children from Chester, who were killed in April by a passing Amtrak train going from New York to Washington, D.C., have opposed the transit company’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, in a lawsuit that claimed the company is liable for the children's deaths.