401 results for 'court:"USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania"'.
J. Leeson grants a staffing agency’s motion to compel arbitration with a former employee, a trans man, alleging he was not called back into a warehouse staffing role due to gender-identity discrimination. The employee signed an agreement agreeing to arbitrate all employment disputes arising from their business dealings with the company.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Leeson, Filed On: March 5, 2024, Case #: 5:23cv2741, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Arbitration, Employment, Employment Discrimination
J. Kenney denies in part Lancaster County, Pennsylvania’s motion for summary judgment on a vape shop’s allegations that its police officers conducted a warrantless search and seizure of certain hemp-derived products it sold in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The court cannot determine yet, based on the current facts provided, whether the county’s district attorney and police officers have absolute immunity in this case.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Kenney, Filed On: March 5, 2024, Case #: 5:23cv3000, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Immunity
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J. Surrick denies in part the Philadelphia Housing Authority’s motion to dismiss a gay network technician’s adverse employment suit alleging discrimination based on his sexuality and anxiety diagnosis. The technician has alleged that he was fired about two weeks after he filed a formal complaint of sex, sexual orientation and disability discrimination, from which the court can infer causation.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Surrick, Filed On: February 15, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv460, NOS: Amer w/Disabilities-Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
J. McHugh grants in part a real estate services firm’s motion to dismiss a consumer’s suit alleging that, in the transfer of title for a property the man purchased, it charged him substantially more for notary services than Pennsylvania law allows. Pennsylvania’s notary law does not create a private right of action, so he fails to make a statutory claim.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: McHugh, Filed On: February 15, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv3628, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Property, Real Estate, Consumer Law
J. Scott denies in part a hospital’s motion for summary judgment against a nurse who alleged she was unfairly discriminated against because she requested a religious accommodation not to follow its mandatory Covid-19 vaccination policy, and because of her age. There is a dispute of material fact as to whether the nurse’s belief, that the vaccine would alter the image that God made her in, is a sincerely held religious belief.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Scott, Filed On: February 15, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv263, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
J. Sánchez grants a father’s motion for summary judgment against his son in this shareholder action concerning the family business, an air fragrance supplier. The father is a minority shareholder and the son is a majority shareholder who acted fraudulently and oppressively toward his father as the minority shareholder, abused his authority, and mismanaged the operations of the company.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Sánchez, Filed On: February 14, 2024, Case #: 2:21cv3984, NOS: Other Personal Injury - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Fraud, Business Practices, Contract
J. Pratter abstains from making any determinations in this commercial dispute between one furniture cleaner’s allegations that former employees stole its trade secrets in order to create a competitor. The suing cleaning company is a key marital asset in an ongoing divorce proceeding between the owners, so this court cannot involve itself in such proceedings, and thus will stay the case.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Pratter, Filed On: February 9, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv2630, NOS: Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) - Property Rights, Categories: Family Law, Trade Secrets, Jurisdiction
J. Pratter grants an insurance company’s motion to transfer this insurance coverage dispute in which a couple from York, Pennsylvania, argues their wind damage claim was wrongfully denied. The Middle District of Pennsylvania is the proper forum for this case.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Pratter, Filed On: February 7, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv2590, NOS: Insurance - Contract, Categories: Insurance, Venue, Contract
J. Pratter grants final approval of this class action settlement between the Democratic National Committee and its workers during the 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020 elections in this suit over underpayment of overtime wages. The $3.5 million settlement is fair and reasonable.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Pratter, Filed On: February 6, 2024, Case #: 2:16cv5800, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Employment, Class Action, Labor