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A former NFL linebacker who played the game in the 1970s and ‘80s has become one of the latest retired football players to sue the league over claims that it intentionally misled athletes on the long-term health risks associated with … Read More »

A Montgomery County couple has filed a personal injury claim against retailer Nordstrom over allegations that the wife injured her neck after getting out of her vehicle in the parking lot of one of the business’s Pennsylvania locations. Natalie Meltzer … Read More »

Lawyers representing BJ’s Wholesale Club have moved to transfer a personal injury claim initiated in state court against their client last month out of Philadelphia and into the federal court system. The civil action was initially filed April 10 at … Read More »

A personal injury complaint filed in a Massachusetts state court in late March against the NFL by former player Robert “Bobby” Watkins, Jr., and his wife, Rillis M. Watkins, which was subsequently removed to the federal court in that state, … Read More »

A Delaware woman is suing a southeastern Pennsylvania hospital over an alleged slip- and-fall incident in which she injured her ankle on the medical institution’s premises. Shakeera Anderson, of Claymont, DE, claims in her recently filed civil action that she … Read More »

A New Jersey-based commercial trucking company is seeking to transfer a personal injury suit arising out of a motor vehicle accident in New England in late 2011 from the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas to the U.S. District Court for … Read More »

In what officially appears to be an ever-increasing problem for the City of Philadelphia, yet another mass transit rider has found herself facing criminal charges relating to allegations that she attempted to defraud insurance companies due to alleged injuries she … Read More »

A popular yet controversial Philadelphia-area Halloween attraction that takes place on the grounds of an infamous hospital for the mentally ill is at the center of a personal injury claim filed this week by a New Jersey man. Steven Chrzanowski, … Read More »

A former running back for the Miami Dolphins and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who claims he suffers from damage relating to repeated hits and blows he took to the head while playing professional football in the mid-1970s has joined the … Read More »

A Philadelphia Common Pleas Court jury has rendered a $19.1 million plaintiff’s verdict in a civil case involving a man who lost his leg as a result of a 2009 incident in which he was struck by a vehicle while … Read More »

A lawyer representing LA Fitness in a personal injury claim initiated by a Delaware County man have petitioned the federal court in Philadelphia to hear the case. Attorney Norman W. Briggs, of the Philadelphia-based Briggs Law Office, filed a notice … Read More »

The fatal mauling of a young child by a pack of African wild dogs at a western Pennsylvania zoo this past winter that made national headlines is now the subject of a civil suit filed by the toddler’s parents. Attorneys … Read More »

A North Philadelphia man claims in a recently filed personal injury complaint that he sustained injuries after being struck in the head by falling roof debris that came loose from a home adjacent to his. John Scarborough, who resides on … Read More »

A Montgomery County man who says he was diagnosed with a specific form of lung cancer earlier this year that is connected to asbestos exposure has filed a civil suit against various companies engaged in the manufacture and distribution of … Read More »

A professional carpet installer who needed medical treatment after his leg fell through a floorboard at a housing development he was working on in the winter of 2011 will receive $3.5 million to compensate him for his injuries. Bernhardt Wilson, … Read More »

A Delaware County man is suing a commercial contracting company and its affiliates over injuries he claims to have sustained as a result of a motor vehicle accident allegedly caused by the defendants’ combined negligence. Robert Conneen, who lives in … Read More »

The state House Judiciary Committee this week advanced a measure designed to partially shield farmers engaged in so-called “agritainment” from civil liability. The House Republican Caucus announced the June 4 committee passage of House Bill 397, which provides for limited immunity … Read More »

A Texas woman is suing a suburban Philadelphia car dealership over claims that she became seriously injured after slipping and falling in the defendant’s parking lot. Gale Ingram, of Missouri City, TX, alleges in her civil action against Chapman Ford … Read More »

The first lawsuit has been filed in the wake of last week’s deadly building collapse in downtown Philadelphia, an incident that claimed the lives of six people who had been inside of a Salvation Army thrift store that was crushed … Read More »

A three-judge state appellate court panel has ruled in favor of a widow who sued chemical maker Rohm and Haas over her late husband’s brain cancer, ordering a Philadelphia judge to further explain his rationale for issuing compulsory nonsuit on … Read More »

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