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Prison warden's lawsuit says he wouldn't play politics, was retaliated against

By Marian Johns |
PITTSBURGH — The former Westmoreland County Prison warden is accusing a county commissioner of harassment and retaliation over his refusal to make her political hires.

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Jewish police officers allowed to add claims in lawsuit against Philadelphia

By John O'Brien |
PHILADELPHIA – Jewish police officers suing the City of Philadelphia for discrimination will be allowed to file retaliation claims in a second amended complaint in federal court.

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Wilkes-Barre sued again over cop facing rape charges

By John O'Brien |
SCRANTON – Another woman is suing the City of Wilkes-Barre over allegations police officer Robert Collins sexually assaulted her.

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Employer vindicated in firing of man on wait list for kidney transplant for using cell phone

By Charmaine Little |
PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania Health System was granted summary judgment in a wrongful termination case filed by an ex-employee who was fired for using his cell phone at work.

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Philadelphia-area doctor sues feds over Medicare dispute

By Marian Johns |
PHILADELPHIA — A doctor practicing in Northeast Philadelphia is suing the federal government over her revocation of Medicare billing privileges.

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Judge rules against Waynesburg student suspended for refusing urine drug test

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PITTSBURGH – A former Waynesburg Central High School student has lost his attempt to reconsider the dismissal of his lawsuit - one resulting from his expulsion for suspected drug use.

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Pittsburgh Law School student's retaliation and hostile environment claims to move forward

By Charmaine Little |
PITTSBURGH – A University of Pittsburgh Law School student’s retaliation claims against the university survived the defendant's request for summary judgment in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

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Settlement for transgender inmate whose reports of repeated rape at Delaware County prison allegedly went unheeded

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PHILADELPHIA – Litigation has been settled involving a transgender inmate who sued a correctional facility and its officers after the defendants allegedly failed to protect her from being raped nearly a dozen times.

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Magistrate judge denies sanctions motions in nearly 15-year-old case

By Kyla Asbury |
HARRISBURG — A U.S. magistrate judge denied several motions for sanctions in a nearly 15-year-old case.

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Starbucks argues discrimination lawsuit filed against it by former regional director is unsubstantiated

By Nicholas Malfitano |
TRENTON, N.J. – Starbucks says the employment discrimination action filed by a former regional director for the company in a New Jersey federal court is baseless – one which claimed it discriminated against her and other Caucasian employees in the aftermath of the controversial arrests of two African-American men at a Philadelphia store location.

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Judge refuses to dismiss sexual harassment suit against MyPhillyLawyer.com

By David Beasley |
A federal judge has refused to dismiss a sexual harassment lawsuit against a law firm by a former employee.

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Serial TCPA plaintiff facing RICO lawsuit has $33K verdict upheld by Third Circuit

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PHILADELPHIA – A King of Prussia man who collected a $33,000 payday in a Philadelphia federal court for litigation brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) has just had that verdict upheld in a federal appellate court.

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Court: Children's Hospital didn't violate rights of fired worker who wouldn't get flu shot

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has concurred with a lower court that the civil rights of a former Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia employee were not violated, when she was terminated for refusing to be vaccinated for the flu.

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Pittsburgh law firm accused of unlawfully terminating employee who suffers from ADHD

By John Breslin |
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh law firm is accused of discriminating against an employee after he revealed a diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

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Sued over child-sex sting, Bethlehem defends arrest of N.J. man

By Nicholas Malfitano |
ALLENTOWN – The City of Bethlehem asserted no less than 23 affirmative defenses supporting its decision to jail a New Jersey man through a sting operation for allegedly soliciting sex with what he believed was a 14-year-old girl, in its response to the man’s false arrest and imprisonment lawsuit.

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White man who hung stuffed money at work on MLK Day and was fired appeals case to Third Circuit

By Nicholas Malfitano |
PITTSBURGH – A man who was fired from his bank job two years ago for “inappropriately displaying a brown monkey in the workplace” on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is now taking his case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

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White woman's racism lawsuit against Starbucks could be headed to Philadelphia court

By Nicholas Malfitano |
TRENTON, N.J. – Starbucks is looking to transfer an employment discrimination action filed against by a former regional director for the company to a Pennsylvania federal court – one which claimed it discriminated against her and other Caucasian employees in the aftermath of the controversial arrests of two African-American men at a Philadelphia store location.

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Sanctions in Delaware for Pa. doctor accused of bizarre behavior in Delco lawsuit

By Nicholas Malfitano |
WILMINGTON, Del. – The Supreme Court of Delaware has agreed with the state Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline that a Pennsylvania neurologist violated regulations concerning the use of controlled substances for pain management, in connection with a patient of his who was addicted to heroin.