Plaintiff v. Defendant
Case Number:
3:02-at-06000
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Judge:
Unassigned
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March 10, 2017
Vape Dealers Say Pa. E-Cig Tax Overbroad, Discriminatory
Pennsylvania sellers of nicotine vaping supplies that say the state’s Department of Revenue is enforcing an illegal, overbroad application of a 40 percent tax to items not inherently vape-related had their case removed to federal court Thursday.
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July 29, 2015
Janssen Hit With Another Levaquin Nerve Damage Suit
Drugmaker Janssen Pharmaceuticals and distributor McKesson Corp. were slapped with a suit Tuesday in Pennsylvania federal court by a Texas woman who says the companies failed to warn her of the known dangers of an antibiotic drug that ultimately gave her permanent nerve damage.
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July 24, 2015
Customers Say Pa. Hotels Keep Worker Tips For Themselves
Guests who stayed at three hotels in the Poconos hit the hotels' owners with a putative class action in Pennsylvania federal court on Thursday, claiming the chains deceive their guests by requiring them to pay millions of dollars per year in fees on top of regular room costs.
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May 15, 2015
Verizon Arm's Debt Robocalls Harassed Thousands, Suit Says
A Verizon Communications Inc. subsidiary dragged a proposed class action alleging an automatic dialing system was used to harass potentially hundreds of thousands of phone customers about unpaid bills into Pennsylvania federal court Thursday.
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March 23, 2015
Worker Fired For Refusing To Lie About DHS Docs, Suit Claims
A Pennsylvania stone veneer product manufacturer and installer was slapped with a wrongful termination suit Friday by a former employee who claims she was canned for refusing to falsely certify I-9 forms to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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March 18, 2015
BCBS Groups Hit With Antitrust Suits Across Country
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and several member plans were hit with antitrust class action lawsuits in New York, Pennsylvania and elsewhere Tuesday alleging a nationwide price-fixing conspiracy.
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February 27, 2015
Public Defender Fired For Contesting Plea Program, Suit Says
A criminal defense attorney filed a civil rights suit against Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and the chief operators of its public defenders office in federal court Thursday, saying he was fired from his position as assistant public defender in retaliation for reporting a potentially illegal and unethical plea bargain program.
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February 18, 2015
Chesapeake Hit With RICO Suit Over $5B Antitrust Scheme
A group of more than 90 landowners and other owners of royalty interests in natural gas hit Chesapeake Energy Corp. with a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act suit in Pennsylvania federal court on Tuesday, after it allegedly reaped $5 billion by limiting trade in the market for gas-gathering services.
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July 29, 2014
Feds Say Pa. State Police Discriminate Against Women
The U.S. government filed suit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania State Police on Tuesday, accusing the state of committing employment discrimination against women through its use of physical fitness tests for entry-level state trooper applicants.
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July 25, 2014
Hospital System Alleges Insurer Withheld Medicare Payments
Susquehanna Health System on Thursday sued American Progressive Life and Health Insurance Co. of New York in Pennsylvania federal court, alleging it breached an agreement by withholding 2 percent of all Medicare Advantage PPO reimbursements it was required to pay Susquehanna.