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An elderly Philadelphia woman asserts in a newly filed personal injury complaint that she suffered facial lacerations and other injuries when she was dropped by a transit employee who had been carrying the wheelchair-bound plaintiff up her front stairs in … Read More »

The family of an elderly Philadelphia woman who allegedly died as a result of scalded by hot bath water in what the plaintiffs contend was an act of negligence on the part of contractors have filed suit against the home restoration … Read More »

The estate of a former Boy Scout who was catastrophically injured after being struck by a truck while the boy was riding a bicycle as part of a group outing has filed a negligence action against the Boy Scouts of … Read More »

Two city agencies are being sued by a driver and passenger who claim they became injured after driving their vehicle into an open construction hole smack dab in the middle of a roadway. Philadelphia resident Leonie Gilbert and fellow city … Read More »

An Arizona woman is suing drugmaker Bayer over claims that the defendant’s birth control system Mirena caused her to sustain serious bodily injuries. Cynthia Solano asserts in her civil action, which was filed at the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia … Read More »

An elderly Maryland man who was diagnosed with lung cancer on Jan. 30 of last year has filed a mass tort injury claim in the asbestos docket consolidated in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Lawyers representing Frank K. Nethken, 82, … Read More »

A Pennsylvania Superior Court panel has reversed a Philadelphia trial court’s judgment in favor of a plaintiff who launched a premises liability action against retail giant Target Corp. Makalla Davis sued Target in mid-September 2009 over claims that she sustained … Read More »

Attorneys representing LA Fitness in a personal injury case initiated in Philadelphia have petitioned the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to instead hear the case. Philadelphia lawyer Norman W. Briggs, of the Briggs Law Office, filed … Read More »

A lawsuit brought by the family of Tiaina B. “Junior” Seau over the late professional football player’s suicide has been consolidated with other actions against the NFL involving claims that the league hid the long-term health risks of on-the-field concussions. … Read More »

An Oklahoma mother has filed a complaint in the Multidistrict Zoloft Marketing Products Liability Litigation consolidated at the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia over allegations that her ingestion of the antidepressant during pregnancy caused her son to develop serious birth … Read More »

A federal judge sitting in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has denied a bid by an out- of-state plaintiff to remand her wrongful death case to the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court, where it had originally been filed, ruling that diversity … Read More »

Lawyers representing a West Virginia commercial trucking company being sued by a City of Philadelphia worker over injuries he allegedly sustained as a result of coming into contact with a haul of lime have petitioned a federal judge to hear … Read More »

For the second time in a week, retail giant Target Corp. has come out on the winning end of litigation initiated by plaintiffs who claim they became injured due to hazardous conditions at stores operated by the defendant. On April … Read More »

Attorneys representing plaintiffs who allege they suffered liver failure damage or failure due to their use of over-the-counter Tylenol have succeeded in getting a federal court panel to approve the formation of a multidistrict litigation docket through which the claims … Read More »

When the country’s major tobacco companies paid out more than $200 billion in the late 1990s to settle claims that they misled consumers about the health risks associated with cigarette smoking, it seemed as though no other legal settlement could … Read More »

The federal judge handling the case of a man who claims Pennsylvania State troopers set him aflame when they deployed a Taser gun toward the plaintiff, who had gasoline on his clothing at the time, has for the second time … Read More »

A Philadelphia jury last month returned a hefty $15 million-plus plaintiffs’ verdict in a motor vehicle products liability case against Central City Toyota. According to court records and the attorneys involved in the litigation, the jurors awarded $11.4 million following … Read More »

A Pennsylvania couple is suing the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, a Bucks County parish and a priest who formerly worked at the church over claims that the man sexually assaulted the wife during a retreat last year. Malvern, Pa. attorney Daniel … Read More »

Attorneys for an armored car company being sued by a Bucks County man over allegations that he sustained serious injuries after being involved in a vehicle accident with the defendants are seeking to transfer the litigation from state to federal … Read More »

Philadelphia law firm Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin recently announced that one of its lawyers, William Banton, Jr., has become a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Banton, who serves as the assistant director of the Health … Read More »

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