PITTSBURGH – A California airline suggests that a pilot’s untimely re-opening of his carbon monoxide injury complaint against it should ensure that the case is closed due to judgment on the pleadings.
SCRANTON – The parents of a newborn baby girl who suffered a skull fracture at birth and resulting brain damage due to alleged medical negligence on the part of the obstetrician, are suing for damages.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge is permitting an opportunity for parties involved in a massive multi-district antitrust litigation surrounding the pricing of generic drugs to argue which cases would or would not make proper choices as bellwether cases, prior to that list being finalized.
PHILADELPHIA – A coalition of Philadelphia restaurateurs who filed a lawsuit against The City of Philadelphia and its Mayor Jim Kenney over the City’s “Safer At Home” order, which banned indoor dining until this past New Year’s Day to protect citizens from the spread of COVID-19, have dismissed the case.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Kristy Lynn Howe against Coopersurgical Inc., Duramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. a Division of Barr Pharmaceuticals, INC. D B a Teva Women's Health, INC., THE Cooper Companies Inc., Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D Inc., Teva Pharmaceutcials USA Inc., Teva Women's Health Inc., Individually, and and Teva Women's Health LLC, Individually and on Feb. 15.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appeals court has ruled that a lower court was correct when it dismissed with prejudice an action brought by a Philadelphia man against a home ownership counseling group, when the plaintiff failed to take timely action to amend his claims.
PITTSBURGH – Through its District Attorney Stephen Zappala, Allegheny County has filed suit against 10 different drug manufacturers, for damages connected to both the companies’ alleged false marketing of opioid drugs and the county’s combating the use and abuse of opioids.
PITTSBURGH – Two Pennsylvania school districts argue they were only following state law when they denied a work opportunity to a substitute teacher, who it was learned by the districts had been arrested on one occasion 55 years ago.
ALLENTOWN – Numerous counts have been dismissed against municipal and state authorities in the false arrest case of a New Jersey man apprehended through a sting operation for allegedly soliciting sex with who he believed was a 14-year-old girl.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has ruled that a longtime employee of the U.S. Postal Service who sued after being subjected to derogatory comments and physical assault when he tried to inspect the facility in his capacity as a union officer, has properly pled claims for a hostile work environment and unequal treatment based on race.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appellate court has vacated a pair of criminal counts for Kenneth Smukler, an attorney and ex-aide to Democratic Rep. Bob Brady who was convicted more than two years ago of violating multiple federal election laws.
SCRANTON – Dunmore School District has abandoned litigation over the reclassification of its high school girls’ basketball program by a state athletic group.
PHILADELPHIA – A class action lawsuit brought by a man arrested for public intoxication and subjected to a strip search by the Chester Police Department later deemed to be illegal by a federal judge has been preliminarily settled.
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has partially dismissed counts in a disability discrimination suit brought by a real estate company, its owner and his sister-in-law, against Scott Township and one of its commissioners.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has stayed litigation brought by plaintiffs who claim they were defrauded by an illegal financial scheme, allegedly executed by a public accounting firm and two of its employees.
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia and its Mayor Jim Kenney say a lawsuit filed by a coalition of Philadelphia restaurateurs over the City’s “Safer At Home” order, which banned indoor dining until this past New Year’s Day to protect citizens from the spread of COVID-19, should be dismissed with prejudice.
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has ruled that the Port Authority of Allegheny County’s ban on its employees wearing face masks emblazoned with “Black Lives Matter” at work violates the First Amendment.
HARRISBURG – A California attorney who lodged a class action lawsuit in response to the redaction of 19 Pennsylvania priests’ names accused of sexual abuse says a pending bankruptcy case involving the Diocese of Harrisburg and ongoing legislation could affect how numerous lawsuits against the Catholic Church proceed.
MEDIA – A New Jersey auctioneer maintains it is not responsible for injuries suffered by a Delaware County man who was hit with debris from a wood chipper and then sued the companies who sold him the device.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appellate court has ruled that the Pottstown School District and various school district officials were properly dismissed from an action brought by a parent who claimed her disabled child was denied a proper education.
