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PITTSBURGH – A Bridgeville man has filed legal action against the proprietors of a bail company website and Google, claiming that his mugshot from an arrest made 17 years ago was recently listed on the website’s database of currently imprisoned individuals.
Mitchell P. Gedid of Bridgeville filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Jan. 27 versus Travis Paul Grant, Marielle Lizette Grant and Kyle David Grant of Longwood, Fla., Google, LLC of Mountain View, Calif. and John Doe Corporation.
According to the lawsuit, a website operated by the non-corporate defendants at www.bailbondshq.com has a separate page allowing visitors to search an inmate database for individuals incarcerated in the state of Pennsylvania.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania man says a negligent lack of proper lighting led him to fall over a pair of retaining walls in his apartment parking lot, causing him to become seriously injured.
PITTSBURGH – Through mutual agreement of all parties concerned, damages in the case of a deliveryman struck by a driver on her cell phone have been capped at $75,000, thereby preventing the case’s removal to federal court.
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PITTSBURGH – An Allison Park woman has brought legal action against a variety of nursing care facilities and other parties, contending that their 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 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 states.
PITTSBURGH – An Alabama couple claim a Western Pennsylvania service station negligently closed a garage door on the head of the wife-plaintiff, causing her to suffer both a traumatic brain injury and others.
Carol Adams and Richard Adams of Tuscaloosa, Ala. 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 says.
“After plaintiff informed an employee of defendant that she needed air in her tires, he advised her to relocate her vehicle to the other side of the building to perform the service. As plaintiff was exiting the garage to relocate her vehicle, an employee of defendant began closing the garage door, which struck plaintiff in her head and caused her to fall backwards.”