A recent court ruling in Pennsylvania could have major implications for online agreements and consumer rights. The case involves Kennywood, a historic Pittsburgh-area amusement park, and its parent company, Festival Fun Parks LLC, which attempted to enforce an arbitration clause against season ticket holders. However, a judge ruled the clause was unenforceable due to a…
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that a Plaintiff could sue her landlord for a slip-and-fall premises liability negligence accident without including his co-owner brother in the case. The Plaintiff had slipped on a patch of ice outside her rental apartment in 2018, that she blamed on the rental property’s inadequately and negligently maintained. The Landlord/Defendant…
A wrongful death, negligence, gross negligence, and intentional infliction of emotional distress lawsuit filed in Connecticut claims a safari tour company is responsible for the death of a woman, Lisa Manders, who was killed in a hippo attack during a safari in Zambia. The suit, filed by her husband, Craig Manders, accuses the tour company,…
A Pennsylvania appellate court has revived a Products Liability Personal Injury Negligence lawsuit against Kubota Tractor Corp., following a tragic accident in which a 7-year-old boy suffered a leg amputation after being run over by a Kubota BX2200 lawnmower. The boy’s grandmother was mowing the lawn in reverse when she accidentally ran over him, failing…
Last February, a fire tore through the Martin D. Popky B’nai B’rith apartments in downtown Wilkes-Barre – displacing and injuring elderly residents. Authorities determined the cause of the fire as accidental, through careless smoking. On Tuesday, a civil lawsuit was filed for residents who still feel the event’s impact over a year later. Watch Jamie…
A Pennsylvania cement company, Hercules Cement Co. LLC, has agreed to pay $12 million to the family of an ironworker who filed a personal injury workplace negligence lawsuit after the ironworker tragically fell to his death while attempting to set up a temporary catwalk at the company’s plant in Stockertown. In July 2021, the decedent,…
Lawyers for three residents permanently injured as a result of a Feb. 2024 fire at the B’Nai B’rith Apartments in Wilkes-Barre are suing the apartment and its management company for the careless smoking incident that led to the blaze. Three permanently injured in careless fire. By BOB KALINOWSKI | [email protected] | The Citizens’ Voice Lawyers…