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Man's suit against Bath & Body Works over exploding candle to be resolved in arbitration
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man’s lawsuit claiming that a candle he had lit nearly three years ago caught fire and ignited in an explosive fashion, causing him to suffer severe burns to his fingers, hands and arms, will be addressed in arbitration as opposed to a courtroom.
Class action plaintiffs who alleged that lender violated cap on interest rates refuse arbitration compulsion
ERIE – A pair of in-state plaintiffs who alleged that a Delaware-based lender has violated Pennsylvania guidelines setting a cap on interest rates, are now rejecting an attempt to have their class action litigation against that same lender sent to arbitration.
Philly argues that RFK Jr.-chaired nonprofit's case against COVID child vax measures should be dismissed
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia seeks to dismiss litigation from a California nonprofit group chaired by independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. concerning allegations that the City was vaccinating young children against COVID-19 without parental consent, for failure to state claims upon which relief could be granted.
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.
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.
Troutman Pepper Names Robert Gallagher Office Managing Partner in Pittsburgh
Robert A. Gallagher, a partner in Troutman Pepper’s Construction practice, has been appointed to office managing partner in Pittsburgh, effective January 1, 2024. Gallagher succeeds Partner Ralph A. Finizio.
Eckert Seamans Member Renardo (Rick) Hicks Selected for Judicial Nomination Advisory Panel for Middle District of Pennsylvania
Renardo (Rick) Hicks, a Harrisburg-based Member with national law firm Eckert Seamans, has again been named to a Judicial Nomination Advisory Panel for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Delaware County Court of Common Pleas: Actions Taken on Jan. 2
The Delaware County Court of Common Pleas reported the following activity on Jan. 2 in the suits below:
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.
Pa. Superior Court considering Philly hospital slip-and-fall case, where $1.8M verdict was overturned
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania will consider a hospital slip-and-fall case which originated in Philadelphia, received a $1.8 million jury verdict after a half-day trial and saw that same verdict struck down by the presiding judge two months after it was rendered.
Suit over maintenance man's fatal MDS may be sent to Commerce and Complex Litigation Center
PITTSBURGH – A suit alleging that a woman’s late husband was subjected to a variety of hazardous and toxic substances in his maintenance duties for U.S. Steel, including benzene – which she maintains caused her husband’s death in 2021 from myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) – may be transferred to Allegheny County’s Commerce and Complex Litigation Center.
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.
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.
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.
Eckert Seamans Welcomes Cybersecurity and Commercial Litigation Associates in Philadelphia
National law firm Eckert Seamans has added two Associate attorneys in the firm’s Philadelphia office.
Community Involvement Spotlight: Thomas MacNeely and The Luzerne Foundation
Community Involvement Spotlight, we recognize Thomas MacNeely’s service with The Luzerne Foundation.
Delaware County Court of Common Pleas: Actions Taken on Jan. 1
The Delaware County Court of Common Pleas reported the following activity on Jan. 1 in the suits below:
Phila. and claims dismissed from suit of woman allegedly denied medical care in police custody
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has dismissed the City of Philadelphia and two different counts from a lawsuit brought by a Philadelphia woman who alleged she was wrongly arrested for a road rage incident involving her daughter, denied medical care and as a result, had a seizure while in custody.
Pa. left as lone defendant in suit from family of man about to be released from 45-year prison term, only to die of COVID-19
PHILADELPHIA – The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the lone defendant remaining in litigation brought by the family of a man who died from COVID-19 shortly before he was to be released from prison after more than four decades, litigation which charged that state officials did not approve the decedent’s pardon in a timely manner, allegedly leaving him at greater risk for contracting the virus and causing his death.
Allegheny County says it is not responsible for jail inmate's spinal injuries sustained in fall
PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County has responded to litigation brought an inmate at its jail which claimed the slippery surface of a shower floor caused him to fall and suffer herniated discs in his spine and other injuries, discounting any and all liability for the entire incident.