410 results for 'court:"USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania"'.
J. Perez grants a bank’s motion to dismiss a Black pro se litigant’s case alleging that the bank engaged in racial discrimination, profiling, and defamation. The litigant failed to present evidence to support any of his claims.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Perez, Filed On: March 29, 2024, Case #: 2:22cv5084, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Civil Rights, Defamation, Banking / Lending
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J. Murphy grants the school district’s motion for summary judgment against a Black employee’s race discrimination, hostile work environment and retaliation claims. The record lacks direct evidence of discrimination because the employee’s white coworkers were subjected to the same, sometimes difficult, work environment.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Murphy, Filed On: March 27, 2024, Case #: 2:22cv4596, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
J. Schmehl grants in part a tenured associate professor’s partial motion for summary judgment against Kutztown University in this case in which she alleges they improperly denied her request for a remote work accommodation in the fall of 2021 and in the semesters after. While the university’s desire to reopen in 2021 with strictly in-person instruction is understandable, its refusal to consider the professor’s incurable eye disease that puts her at a higher risk of contracting Covid-19 and enforce a blanket no-exceptions policy violated federal disability law.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Schmehl, Filed On: March 27, 2024, Case #: 5:22cv1034, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
J. Rufe grants a realty company's motion to dismiss this suit filed by a franchise company, alleging it breached the parties’ lease by failing to alert them that they were legally barred from opening a franchise store in the historic district of New Hope, Pennsylvania. The tenant failed to present any facts establishing that the landlord had a duty to alert them of local laws.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Rufe, Filed On: March 20, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv2193, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Fraud, Property, Contract
J. Leeson grants a manufacturer’s motion to compel arbitration against a former employee alleging race discrimination. The contract the plaintiff entered into upon starting employment, which agreed to arbitrate such matters, is valid and enforceable.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Leeson, Filed On: March 19, 2024, Case #: 5:23cv2622, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Arbitration, Employment, Employment Discrimination
J. Beetlestone grants in part Rite Aid’s motion to seal certain portions of the summary judgment record in this trademark dispute with a font maker who alleges the pharmacy used one of its typefaces, Neutraface, in its multi-million dollar corporate rebrand without the maker’s permission. It is reasonable to redact some of RiteAid’s proprietary financial data that was used to weigh this case.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Beetlestone, Filed On: March 18, 2024, Case #: 2:22cv1174, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: Evidence, Trademark, Business Practices
J. Wolson grants in part a paralegal’s motion to certify a collective action against the City of Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office alleging it misclassifies paralegals as exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and that they should get overtime pay. Conditional certification of her collective action is appropriate, although it is not appropriate for the court to certify it to proceed as a class action.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Wolson, Filed On: March 18, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv32, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Employment, Class Action, Labor
J. Baylson grants, in part, the transit authority’s motion to dismiss a former employee’s pro se suit alleging she was discriminated against because she is Black and because she requested accommodations for a shoulder injury and eye disability. The employee failed to sufficiently plead a case for race discrimination based solely on one supervisor who “made comments about hanging.”
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Baylson, Filed On: March 18, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv1260, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation