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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.
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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.
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Comcast faces lawsuit after data breach
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - Comcast customers claim their personally identifiable information wasn't protected from a December data breach
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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.
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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.
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Plaintiff says his injury lawsuit was used as collateral to obtain litigation funding behind his back
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man has filed a lawsuit against his former lawyer, charging that the counsel in question used his underlying job injury suit as collateral to obtain litigation funding and subsequently transferred that amount’s high-interest loans to his legal fees.
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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.
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Lawsuit: Colwyn cop harassed, arrested citizen
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.
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Second lawsuit brought against Philadelphia Housing Authority for fatal 2022 apartment fire
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.
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Wrongful death suit says woman burned alive after hitting propane truck
PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County lawsuit says a passenger in a car burned alive when it collided with a propane truck whose fuel line severed.
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Man convicted of murder sues Chester County after Third Circuit frees him
PHILADELPHIA - A man convicted in a 2014 home-invasion murder is now suing Chester County after the Third Circuit found evidence lacking.
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Lawsuit blames Pittsburgh schools for attack at Brashear High
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.
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Lycoming County sued over death of diabetic inmate
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.
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Pittsburgh Steelers season ticket holder says she was wrongfully accused of using a racial slur
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.
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N.Y. man sues, alleging fall on abandoned sidewalk scooter in Pittsburgh fractured his collarbone
PITTSBURGH – A New York man says he fractured his collarbone after falling on an abandoned Spin-brand scooter on a Pittsburgh sidewalk, and has sued a host of corporate defendants to recoup damages for the injuries he says he sustained in the process.
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Olyphant family with 'F— THE GOVERNMENT' sign files free speech lawsuit
SCRANTON – An Olyphant family alleges their rights to free speech and expression are being infringed upon by their borough and its zoning official, who had taken exception to a sign posted outside their home which read “F— THE GOVERNMENT.”
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Former Penn State majorette says she faced harassment from her coach, and school did not stop it
WILLIAMSPORT – A former majorette at Penn State University claims she was subject to unrelenting sexual and gender harassment from her coach during her four-year tenure in the school’s band, and that school officials did nothing to stop the coach’s behavior.
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After person jumps from chairlift, his parents sue ski resort
PITTSBURGH – The parents of a young man injured at a ski resort when he dropped to the ground to escape a non-functioning chairlift, have sued the resort for the injuries he sustained as a result.
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Man's death in Comfort Inn pool leads to wrongful death lawsuit
PITTSBURGH – The mother of a man who died as a result of drowning in the pool of a Comfort Inn hotel in Pittsburgh earlier this year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in his name.
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Drexel University cleaner says he was discriminated against and fired for his Islamic faith
PHILADELPHIA – A cleaning technician at Drexel University alleges he was discriminated against for his Islamic faith on multiple occasions and later fired from his role, in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.