Los Angeles County has agreed to a record-breaking $4 billion tentative settlement to resolve nearly 7,000 claims of child sexual abuse tied to its juvenile detention facilities and the now-closed MacLaren Children’s Center foster care facility. This marks the largest sexual abuse settlement in history, surpassing the Boy Scouts of America’s $2.46 billion deal. The…
In a potentially significant development in personal injury, negligence, and products liability law, Ford Motor Co. has agreed to mediation with the family of a couple killed in a Ford Super Duty truck rollover. This comes after a Georgia federal judge encouraged both parties to attempt settlement before Ford moves forward with efforts to overturn…
Ramon Garcia, a former medical assistant at Carbon Health Urgent Care in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 5-10 years in prison, followed by three years of probation, after pleading guilty to posing as a nurse and sexually assaulting over a dozen women. The court also deemed Garcia a sexually violent predator, requiring lifetime registration as…
A shocking case of student abuse has emerged at Chester Community Charter School in suburban Philadelphia, where 20 staff members face charges related to the physical mistreatment of young students. Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said the counts involve acts against 26 children in kindergarten through fifth grade. The allegations involve unapproved restraint techniques—including…
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,…