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Police chief says he was fired without cause, seeks more than $400K
PITTSBURGH - The ex-chief of police of an Allegheny County town says he was wrongly fired four years before his contract expired and wants to be paid.
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Pittsburgh lawyer says firm retaliated for missed COVID time
PITTSBURGH - Bouts with COVID and Lyme disease created friction with his employer, a Pittsburgh lawyer alleges in a discrimination lawsuit against Frost Brown Todd.
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Wrongful death lawsuit against Lancaster Co. follows heroin addict's suicide
READING - The estate of an inmate who committed suicide in Lancaster County while suffering from withdrawal symptoms is suing over his death.
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Transgender man sues insurer for not paying for second erectile pump
PHILADELPHIA - A Pennsylvania transgender man has gone to court after his insurer declined to pay for an $11,000 erectile pump as part of gender-affirmation surgery to build him a penis.
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Androgynous nurse with feminine pronouns and a beard sues over treatment at orientation
PHILADELPHIA - An androgynous person with a beard who uses she/her pronouns is suing after she says she was mistreated during orientation at a Philadelphia nursing home.
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Bradford County father who saw his son killed by Pa. State Police files lawsuit against officers
WILLIAMSPORT – A Bradford County father who witnessed his 15-year-old son being shot and killed by three Pennsylvania State Police troopers last year, has sued them for what he argues was his son’s wrongful death.
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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.
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Third-grade teacher with health problems sues Philadelphia Schools after not getting an air conditioner
PHILADELPHIA - A federal lawsuit against Philadelphia's school district says an air conditioner was owed to a third-grade teacher struggling with health problems and a climb up several flights of stairs.
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Woman sues Bowflex over head injury
PHILADELPHIA - Exercise ended in injury, a federal lawsuit against Bowflex alleges.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Class action against U.S. Steel seeks money for walking to work stations
PITTSBURGH - U.S. Steel should have paid employees for the time they spent showering and walking to their worksites, among other pre- and post-work activities, a class action lawsuit alleges.
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Black bus driver alleges discrimination by Abington schools
PHILADELPHIA - A Black bus driver and cancer survivor says he was treated unfairly by the Abington School District Authority after being unable to take the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Sewickley Heights farm owners say their neighbors, the mayor and his wife, have harassed them for years
PITTSBURGH – In the latest chapter of a long-standing legal feud between owners of a Sewickley Heights farm and their next-door neighbors, the borough’s mayor and his spouse, the plaintiff seeks compensatory and injunctive relief for alleged instances of trespass, reckless negligence and violation of the state constitution committed by the defendants and members of local police.
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Man alleges gender discrimination while working for Delaware County
PHILADELPHIA - A former employee of Delaware County is alleging gender discrimination in a recently filed federal lawsuit.
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York lawsuit says 5-year-old girl was sexually abused on bus
YORK - Parents of a 5-year-old girl who was sexually abused on the way to school are suing the bus company.