401 results for 'court:"USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania"'.
J. Kenney grants a company’s renewed motion to assess defense fees and costs in this product liability case wherein a customer alleges its rolling walker device collapsed underneath her while she was exiting a subway car, causing her injuries. The rolling walker’s manufacturer, a third party, must pay for defense fees and costs incurred in this matter and the settlement amount since it refused to comply with court orders in this case.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Kenney, Filed On: December 29, 2023, Case #: 2:19cv268, NOS: Personal Injury - Product Liability - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Sanctions, Product Liability, Attorney Fees
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J. McHugh grants Philadelphia’s motion to dismiss a self-representing litigant’s complaint against the Licenses and Inspections Department for failing to back his eviction of tenants from a property, which his late mother owned, due to raw sewage in the basement. The litigant failed to state a claim for the department’s violations of his rights to due process or equal protection.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: McHugh, Filed On: December 22, 2023, Case #: 2:23cv4651, NOS: All Other Real Property - Real Property, Categories: Property, Due Process, Equal Protection
J. Rufe grants a loan advancer’s motion to compel arbitration and dismiss this complaint wherein a company says the advancer wrongfully recorded a financing statement for the company, created fraudulent loan documents for it, and unlawfully froze some of its receivables. The parties are bound by an arbitration agreement.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Rufe, Filed On: December 15, 2023, Case #: 2:22cv3249, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Arbitration, Business Practices, Contract
J. Wolson denies a law firm’s motion to dismiss a paralegal’s suit over how it disclosed that she hadn’t been vaccinated for Covid-19, confidential medical information, to a media outlet after it reported she was suing the firm for failure to pay her overtime wages. The paralegal has sufficiently pleaded a claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Wolson, Filed On: December 15, 2023, Case #: 2:23cv2403, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Ada / Rehabilitation Act, Employment, Covid-19