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PITTSBURGH – A state court judge has overruled preliminary objections from two Pennsylvania school districts, who contended they were only following state law when they denied a work opportunity to a substitute teacher when it was learned by the districts he had been arrested on one occasion 55 years ago.
Anthony Gaglierd of Pittsburgh initially filed suits in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Dec. 16 versus Avonworth School District and Northgate School District of Pittsburgh, plus Deer Lakes School District of Cheswick.
“In January of 2020, Mr. Gaglierd applied for an available substitute teacher position in the Avonworth School District through the district’s placement agent, Education Staffing Solutions,” the suit stated.
PITTSBURGH - Apple and Verizon face a civil complaint in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas from a Crescent Township man who says that his iPhone 6 spontaneously exploded after being connected to a charger.
According to the March 24 suit, plaintiff Robert Stiffler purchased the Apple smartphone from the Robinson Town Center Verizon location in 2018. Just a few days after purchasing the phone, he plugged it in to charge using the cable that came with the device, the suit says.
Approximately 10 minutes after plugging the phone in, Stiffler says the device exploded, causing shrapnel injuries and burns to him and a major fire.
PITTSBURGH - Peoples Natural Gas Company LLC was sued by the owners of a Verona dry cleaning service after a natural gas leak destroyed the shopping center the business was in.
According to documents filed in March in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, plaintiffs Lee and Michelle Levine own Cefola Dry Cleaners LLC, a generational business that had been in the Church Hill Shopping Center since it was founded shortly after WWII.
The lawsuit says that the defendant, which provided natural gas to the center and was responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of all applicable pipes, valves and other gas equipment, ignored repeated concerns voiced about a natural gas odor in the center.
Public invited to learn about developer s plans for Historic Old Central High School
The meeting Wednesday will include a presentation from developer Saturday Properties and its architect about plans for the building, including 121 apartment units. 6:53 pm, Apr. 5, 2021 ×
Historic Old Central High School in downtown Duluth. (2016 File / News Tribune)
A St. Louis Park-based developer and city of Duluth staff will host a virtual public meeting Wednesday to share plans for the reuse of Historic Old Central High School.
The meeting, scheduled for 5-6:30 p.m., will include a short presentation from Saturday Properties, the future developer of Historic Old Central, and its contracted architect, AWH, on plans to revitalize the building into multifamily apartments, according to a news release.
PITTSBURGH - The Hotel Indigo East Liberty at 123 North Highland Ave. in Pittsburgh must answer in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas to a lawsuit filed regarding an alleged bed bug infestation.
Plaintiff Lakeshia Harrell rented a room at the Hotel Indigo on August 27, 2020, the March 26 lawsuit says. The defendants allegedly did not disclose whatsoever that the hotel was infested with bed bugs.
Harrell woke the morning after her overnight stay covered in bed bug bites, which caused her so much distress that she needed medical treatment, the suit says.
Hotel Indigo s owners, managers and operators are charged with negligence, willfulness, wantonness, callousness and recklessness, breach of contract, negligence per se and intentional infliction of emotional distress.