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Trial Team Takes Top Honors in Judge Paul Joseph Kelly, Jr. Invitational Trial Competition
Temple Law’s National Trial Team was victorious in the annual Kelly Competition at Fordham Law School this November.
Bolstering Clinical Legal Studies
The Gittis Legal Clinics welcomed two new clinical faculty and a full-time social worker, expanding our clinics’ cross-disciplinary capacity.
Federal judge rules that undated mail-in ballots must be accepted in Pennsylvania, per Civil Rights Act
ERIE – A federal judge recently decided that per the Materiality Provision of the Civil Rights Act, undated mail-in ballots must be accepted as valid votes by all county boards of election in Pennsylvania – a decision to have tremendous import in next year’s presidential election, which will once again likely see the Keystone State as a battleground.
Petition looks to approve $38K settlement for widow of man involved in Fla. car accident
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman looks to settle claims related to a Florida motor vehicle accident involving her late husband for $38,000, and for the proper distribution of those funds.
Philadelphia wants dismissal for civil rights suit from inmate who alleged he was denied medical care
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia has contended that civil rights litigation brought by a Montgomery County man who claimed he suffered seizures, and was then denied medical care and physically assaulted while incarcerated at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility, should be dismissed with prejudice.
Belle Vernon Area School District settles with group that constructed now-failed bus canopy
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania school district has settled litigation against an Ohio construction firm, one which pursued financial damages from the defendant company who built an entrance bus canopy at one of its elementary schools, which failed after nearly 15 years of use.
Pittsburgh DoubleTree hotel wants to open default judgment granted in suit over dance recital injuries
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh hotel has attempted to strike or open a default judgment entered against it in August, in litigation filed by a woman allegedly injured in its ballroom while watching her daughter’s dance recital, and who had further claimed that a negligent makeshift table setup used for the event was the proximate cause of her injuries.
Cozen O’Connor Launches Global M&A Practice; Appoints Christian Moretti as Chair
Cozen O'Connor announced the launch of its Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice, as a testament to the firm’s growth and success in advising multinational companies and private equity firms in complex cross-border transactions.
Health Law 2024 on December 5, 2023
Cozen O'Connor’s Health Care & Life Sciences industry team invites you to this year’s Health Law 2024 program.
Pr-AI-vacy: The Interplay Between AI and Privacy Regulation on December 5, 2023
Please join the Philadelphia KnowledgeNet Chapter to discuss all things AI, including AI technology and current privacy regulation, AI regulatory developments and recap the IAPP AI Governance Global Conference.
UPPO Data Security, Privacy and Processes Webinar on December 7, 2023
Because unclaimed property practitioners handle nonpublic personal information and must provide such information to states and third-party auditors in some circumstances, protecting private data is essential.
Walmart removes USPS employee's suit over burns from drain cleaner in the mail to federal court
PITTSBURGH – Walmart has removed to federal court litigation from a United States Postal Service employee, which alleged that the plaintiff suffered third-degree chemical burns when a drain cleaner product being sent through the mail leaked through its thin packaging and made contact with her body.
Class action suit over powerboat maintenance should stay in original court, plaintiffs say
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, are fighting for the suit to stay in its court of origin.
Federal judge sets aside default judgment in Lehigh County woman's suit resulting from cellmate assault
ALLENTOWN – An inmate at the Lehigh County Jail, who claimed she was severely beaten and assaulted by her cellmate with alleged mental health issues and violent tendencies and who had been denied her regimen of medication to control those same issues, has had the default judgment granted to her set aside by a federal court.
Some counts removed from plaintiff's wrongful death suit against Bucks County corrections officials
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has partially dismissed counts from litigation initiated by a local woman who alleged that Bucks County and a number of its corrections officials had failed to ensure its prison was free of drugs, which she said led one of her loved ones to fatally overdose while in custody.
Colorado couple say Philips ventilator's failure led to their five-year-old daughter's respiratory arrest death
PITTSBURGH – A Colorado couple allege that a Philips-brand ventilator and its manufacturers were responsible for the death of their five-year-old daughter in November 2021 from respiratory arrest.
Congratulations to the Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce on the Success of Its Annual Dinner
Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce held its annual dinner.
Gannon University settles class action claims that it didn't refund fees during COVID-19
ERIE – Gannon University looks to have settled class action claims which charged that students were deprived of the on-campus education and experience they paid for, when the COVID-19 pandemic occurred and learning shifted to remote status.
West Penn Township and its police chief deny excessive force and assault counts
SCRANTON – West Penn Township and its police chief have denied allegations that excessive force and assault were committed on an area woman, when the defendants served a warrant for her arrest nearly 18 months ago.
Judge grants partial dismissal of counts from suit of woman whose son died on Greyhound bus
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has partially granted a dismissal motion in a lawsuit brought by the mother of a 32-year-old man who died from cardiac arrest while aboard a Greyhound bus bound for Philadelphia over two years ago, litigation which argued the Greyhound and Flixbus transportation companies were negligent, reckless and responsible for his death.