410 results for 'court:"USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania"'.
J. Scott grants a teen cheerleader’s father’s motion to dismiss in this nuanced defamation suit wherein the mother of a squad member of his daughter’s harassed his daughter by sending anonymous text messages to the cheerleading gym’s owner, alleging the teenager was vaping, drinking and posting revealing pictures online. The mother failed to state a claim for defamation by saying she was falsely accused in the media by the father of creating deepfakes of the girl.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Scott, Filed On: March 14, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv147, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Tort, Immunity, Defamation
J. Baylson denies Thomas Jefferson University’s motion for judgment on the pleadings over a female medical resident’s sex discrimination claim stemming from her allegedly being raped when at a party at the home of an attending male physician, but does order a new trial on on her Title IX claim. The jury’s verdict on the sex discrimination claim was not against the weight of evidence, however a new trial is warranted in part because the university’s counsel was not allowed to cross-examine important witnesses and because the court should not have excluded certain text messages that contradicted the medical resident’s testimony at trial.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Baylson, Filed On: March 14, 2024, Case #: 2:20cv2967, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Education, Employment, Evidence
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J. Wolson grants an online auction site’s motion to dismiss a real estate company’s claim that it encountered a chamber of horrors after buying a property subject to a senior lien. The company bought the property without a warranty, subject to terms of service with the site, and thus cannot maintain a claim for failing to disclose that someone held a lien on the property.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Wolson, Filed On: March 11, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv2518, NOS: Other Fraud - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Property, Real Estate, Warranty
J. Beetlestone grants in part a group of children’s motion for leave to amend their first amended complaint to reflect the broader proposed class that they seek to certify in this civil rights suit alleging Sesame Place characters refused to interact with the children because of their race. SeaWorld, the owner of Sesame Place, has not shown that it would be prejudiced if leave to amend were granted.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Beetlestone, Filed On: March 8, 2024, Case #: 2:22cv2941, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Action
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
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