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Colorado man who said his Pa. property was demolished without him knowing, appeals to Third Circuit
SCRANTON – A Colorado man who contended that a piece of mixed-use property he owned in Pittston was illegally demolished without the responsible authorities serving him notice, and who lost his case in federal court, has appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
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.
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.
Delaware County Court of Common Pleas: Actions Taken on Dec. 28, 2023
The Delaware County Court of Common Pleas reported the following activity on Dec. 28, 2023 in the suits below:
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.
Lawsuit: Philly sheriff's officers stormed couple's home looking for their son, who had been murdered months before
PHILADELPHIA – A pair of parent plaintiffs claim multiple officers from the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Department violated their civil rights, when the officers executed a search warrant at their home in an attempt to find the plaintiffs’ son, despite his having been murdered five months before the search took place.
Equipment operator who said PennDOT didn't accommodate his disability and fired him drops one defendant
SCRANTON – A transportation equipment operator who insisted 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 voluntarily dismissed one defendant from claims made under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act.
Attorney who alleged other counsel stole his work product and refused to return it now fights sanctions
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, is now fighting sanctions levied against him by the defendants.
Uber seeks to move case surrounding murder of driver to arbitration, rather than court
PITTSBURGH – Uber has argued that wrongful death litigation brought by a Pennsylvania woman concerning the murder of her daughter, a driver for the ride share service who was held up at gunpoint and killed by her passenger, should be resolved in arbitration and not in a court of law.
Delaware County Court of Common Pleas: Actions Taken on Dec. 27, 2023
The Delaware County Court of Common Pleas reported the following activity on Dec. 27, 2023 in the suits below:
Delco man claims after beating tickets, the officer who wrote them later arrested him on false charges
PHILADELPHIA – A Delaware County man alleges that a member of the Colwyn Police Department, after unsuccessfully attempting to sanction him with a trio of motor vehicle tickets, later arrested him on fabricated charges of marijuana possession and disorderly conduct, which were then withdrawn at the plaintiff’s first preliminary court hearing.
Judge will allow some child statements in suit over first-graders taught transgender issues
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has clarified the admissibility of child statements made to parents suing the Mount Lebanon School District, in a lawsuit which alleged their civil rights were violated when the district provided classroom instruction to their first-grade children on the topics of gender dysphoria and transgender transitioning.
Sesame Place Philadelphia wants judgment in lawsuit alleging discrimination against Black children
PHILADELPHIA – SeaWorld’s Sesame Place Philadelphia is seeking a dismissal through summary judgment, in litigation which charged that employees of the park discriminated against the plaintiff’s daughter, a Black child, during a meet-and-greet session with some costumed characters.
Home inspection group avails itself of liability for property buyers' mold exposure injuries
PITTSBURGH – A home inspection company has refuted claims liability that it was responsible for mold exposure injuries that a pair of New Kensington home buyers sustained, after they purchased the property in question from their co-defendants.
Marple Township seeks dismissal of case brought after man killed by passing vehicle
PHILADELPHIA – Marple Township and several of its police officers look to dismiss unnecessary and unserved parties and what it calls improper relief, in civil rights litigation brought by the estate of a man left at a bus stop while in an intoxicated state by Township police officers, and who was then killed by a passing vehicle shortly thereafter two years ago.
Community Involvement Spotlight: Lee Piatt and NEPIRC
Community Involvement Spotlight, we recognize Lee Piatt’s work with the Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center (NEPIRC).
Delaware County Court of Common Pleas: Actions Taken on Dec. 26, 2023
The Delaware County Court of Common Pleas reported the following activity on Dec. 26, 2023 in the suits below:
Philly police officers say civil rights claims of plaintiffs whose home they searched for former occupant are invalid
PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for the Philadelphia Police Department have rejected allegations that officers violated a pair of homeowners’ civil rights during an arrest warrant-related search for the former occupant of their home, referring to them as insufficient.
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.
Terry Mutchler discusses the Pa. court case pitting a genealogist against Ancestry.com in Spotlight PA
Terry Mutchler, Chair of Obermayer’s Transparency & Public Data Practice, was quoted in Spotlight Pa on Monday, December 25, 2023, regarding the case her client brought against the Pennsylvania agency in charge of a vast array of historical documents and artifacts, as well as Ancestry.com, an online genealogy company used by millions of people to search for family and other records.