March 02, 2020
A septuagenarian television reporter who was injured while rolling off a 30-foot-high ramp into the Ohio River during his coverage of a Red Bull "Flugtag" said in Pennsylvania federal court that Pittsburgh's CBS affiliate is retaliating against him for using workers' compensation.
February 12, 2020
A pair of sawmills outside Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, has increased stormwater runoff, fire risk and pollution of air and water, according to a federal lawsuit brought Wednesday by two neighbors who say the civil penalties could exceed $500 million for violation of various environmental laws.
January 10, 2020
A female truck driver was told she should be "home baking cookies," was paid less than her male co-workers and saw her shift given to a male co-worker because "he has a family to feed," according to a complaint filed Friday in Pennsylvania federal court.
November 12, 2019
A former executive at American International Group sued the insurer over allegations he was denied raises and ultimately fired for, among other things, working with an independent monitor installed by the U.S. Department of Justice as part of a fraud settlement.
October 08, 2019
Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. sued its ex-chief technology officer in Pennsylvania federal court Tuesday, alleging the former executive has to return half of his $1.5 million signing bonus because he left the company after less than two years.
August 27, 2019
The AFL-CIO should return books and membership dues it improperly held onto when a Pennsylvania water utility workers' union split away from the national organization, according to a lawsuit filed in Pittsburgh federal court Tuesday.
August 26, 2019
The Clean Air Council sued U.S. Steel Corp. on Monday, alleging it racked up as much as $50 million in potential federal penalties by failing to report releases of hydrogen sulfide and other substances after a Christmas Eve fire.
July 10, 2019
Harbor Freight Tools USA Inc. violated state and federal overtime laws by making employees clock out for meal breaks regardless of whether they kept working during the break time, according to a proposed class action filed Wednesday in Pennsylvania federal court.
June 14, 2019
PNC Bank and its parent company failed to pay call center workers for their overtime hours by making them read work-related emails off the clock and keeping them at work during meal breaks, according to a proposed class action filed Friday in Pennsylvania federal court.
March 15, 2019
Three women who were part of a nationwide class of current and former Walmart Inc. workers that was dissolved by the U.S. Supreme Court filed a new federal lawsuit in Pennsylvania on Friday alleging they were discriminated against on the basis of their gender.