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As the COVID summer of 2020 drew to a close, the Centers for Disease Control issued a nationwide moratorium on evicting tenants from residential properties, in an effort to promote public health and stem the tide of the pandemic. This CDC eviction moratorium went into effect on September 4
th, and applied to any eviction based on non-payment of rent due to unemployment or reduced income. The CDC created an affidavit for tenants to sign, and give to their landlords, as notice that the tenants are seeking protection under the moratorium.
William Andrews for the plaintiff
PITTSBURGH - Eastern Area Special Schools of Monroeville is seeking damages from the parties responsible for an allegedly botched roofing job done at its campus, according to documents filed in February the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas.
In June 2012, Siemens Industry Inc. was hired by the plaintiff to install a new roofing system. Siemens was tasked with repairing and recoating the existing roof, installing a polyurethane foam and silicone topcoat layer, adding a seven-drain runoff system and replacing delaminated areas of the subroof.
Siemens used roofing system components manufactured by BASF Corporation for the project; this defendant provided a 15-year guaranteed warranty for the components.
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Allegheny County Police have charged a 29-year-old Pitcairn man in connection with the rape of an 11-year-old girl.
Joshua Davon Austin-Pollard faces multiple felonies, including rape and sexual assault.
Police say the events took place at Austin-Pollard’s Third Street home three days after Christmas. The charges also include interference with custody of children, corruption of minors and aggravated indecent assault.
A preliminary hearing for Austin-Pollard was held at Monroeville’s district court March 1, where Judge Jeffrey Herbst dropped a charge of dissemination of explicit sexual material to a minor, said Sgt. Matt Mineard of Allegheny County Police Department’s general investigations unit.
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PITTSBURGH – A health care company has been dismissed from a wrongful death action initiated by an Allison Park woman, who alleges that a variety of nursing care facilities and other parties committed collective negligence led to the death of an elderly man.
Carrie M. McCarthy (as Administrator of the Estate of Robert Herman Fritz and on behalf of the Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Robert Herman Fritz) of Allison Park first filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Dec. 28 versus Arden Courts of North Hills of Pittsburgh, and others.
“Robert Herman Fritz was a resident of Arden Courts of North Hills, from Nov. 13, 2015 through Nov. 27, 2019, and suffered various injuries while a resident there including, but not limited to, falls and a fractured hip, which contributed to his death on Feb. 13, 2020,” the suit stated.
PITTSBURGH - The City of Clairton, along with its engineering firm, KLH Engineers, Inc, is facing charges in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas from a general contractor who says the city is refusing to pay costs owed for a roadwork project.
According to a February complaint, Independent Enterprises, Inc, was hired by Clairton to mill and resurface certain city roads. Independent Enterprises entered a contract with Clairton for the project with terms to pay a total of $625,515.60 in payment plans.
The contractors reportedly encountered situations that added expenses to the project, and presented the claims and requests for payment to the city. The contractor successfully completed the project without payment being made by the city.