Paula Reed Ward
Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
The railing opposite the Duquesne Incline along West Carson Street is marked with caution tape and orange construction cones on Friday, May 21, 2021 along West Carson Street in Pittsburgh.
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The owners of the Station Square property where a man fell to his death earlier this month agreed on Tuesday to halt construction on a new railing for at least a week so that experts retained by his family can examine the railing that they believe failed.
Allegheny County Courthouse
PITTSBURGH – A state court judge has transferred an Alabama couple’s negligence lawsuit, filed after a garage door was allegedly dropped on the head of the wife-plaintiff and caused her a traumatic brain injury, to the Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas.
Carol Adams and Richard Adams of Tuscaloosa, Ala. first filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Jan. 4 versus Preston Motors, Inc., of New Castle.
“On or about Jan. 7, 2019, at or around 11 a.m., plaintiff arrived at defendant’s service station in New Castle, Pennsylvania, for assistance with the tires of her vehicle, which she leases from defendant,” the suit said.
Fouse | Clark Hill
PITTSBURGH – The City of Pittsburgh’s Water and Sewer Authority has denied it was responsible for the alleged defective design and failure to repair a deteriorating storm sewer culvert, which caused storm water runoff to flow into the plaintiffs’ homes.
Sandra C. Hill and Alan Ricketts first filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Dec. 7 versus the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority. All parties are of Pittsburgh.
“Plaintiff Hill is the lawful owner of a duplex (multi-family home) on property located at 8882-8884 Frankstown Road, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15235. Plaintiff Ricketts is a tenant who resides in the subject property,” the suit said.
The Valley News Dispatch will publish a list of community Easter egg hunts and activities.
To have an event listed online and in the print edition, send the information as soon as possible to The Stroller, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Fourth Ave., Tarentum PA 15084 or email Carol Pinto-Smith; email cpinto-smith@triblive.com; or fax 724-226-4677.
Health Foundation to give away hams, potatoes
Allegheny-Kiski Health Foundation will distribute free ham and potatoes this month.
The giveaway is limited to the first 100 individuals in need who phone the foundation to register at 724-294-3157 and provide their name, phone number and email address. Registration is limited to one ham and five-pound bag of potatoes per family per phone call. Registrants will be given instructions as to when, where and how the food will be distributed and must arrange for transportation to the distribution site.
Lindsay S. Fouse | Clark Hill
PITTSBURGH – A state court judge has overruled preliminary objections from the City of Pittsburgh’s Water and Sewer Authority, in a lawsuit from a pair of Pittsburgh landlord-tenant neighbors who alleged that it defectively designed and later failed to repair a deteriorating storm sewer culvert – which caused storm water runoff to flow into the plaintiffs’ residences.
Sandra C. Hill and Alan Ricketts first filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Dec. 7 versus the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority. All parties are of Pittsburgh.
“Plaintiff Hill is the lawful owner of a duplex (multi-family home) on property located at 8882-8884 Frankstown Road, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15235. Plaintiff Ricketts is a tenant who resides in the subject property,” the suit said.