Torts Section News Today

HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is set to decide whether a venerable tort law is applicable in the case of an at-will employee’s allegations that her supervisor at Drexel University acted against her out of personal bias and dislike.

A lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division on November 2 alleges that hair relaxer products gave a woman uterine cancer...

A federal court applying Florida law has refused to dismiss fraud and misrepresentation claims brought by a patient against a medical-device…

PITTSBURGH – Counsel for a Cranberry Township woman who allegedly nixed a $1 million bequest from her deceased lover to one of his best friends, rejects what she sees as a series of legally insufficient claims lodged in the second version of the complaint.

PITTSBURGH – Counsel for a Cranberry Township woman who allegedly nixed a $1 million bequest from her deceased lover to one of his best friends, now argues that the plaintiff’s tortious interference claims against her are legally insufficient.

ALLENTOWN – The manufacturer of a device used to move merchandise and stock store shelves has discounted liability claims from an associate at a New Jersey Walmart, who alleged he suffered severe head injuries from using the machine.