A law firm was hired to represent an Adams County Children and Youth Services (ACCYS) employee “summoned to testify before” an investigating grand jury, a county official said.
HARRISBURG – Hampden Township and two of its police officers have denied allegations that they used unreasonable force in responding to a postal worker’s medical emergency, instead arguing that the amount of force used was appropriate to subdue a person under the influence of drugs and acting violently.
HARRISBURG – A postal worker alleges a pair of Hampden Township police officers used unreasonable force upon him in the course of their response to his medical emergency, thereby violating his constitutional rights.
PHILADELPHIA – A Massachusetts man is prepared to settle legal action against the City of Philadelphia and a contingent of first responders, which claimed they used excessive force in responding to his son’s opiate overdose and caused his death, for $275,000.
PHILADELPHIA – A pair of Philadelphia Fire Department EMT’s are seeking to dismiss a willful misconduct claim, from the lawsuit brought by the estate of a Massachusetts man who died after suffering an opiate overdose.