PHILADELPHIA – In a class action, sexual abuse lawsuit brought by seven former residents of The Summit Academy, Philadelphia’s Juvenile Probation Department has received dismissal of certain federal civil rights and state-law claims lodged against it.
PITTSBURGH – Rite Aid’s attorneys have argued for a stay in a Western Pennsylvania woman’s negligence lawsuit against it – brought after she fell on uncleaned salt and snow in the wake of a snowstorm and broke her right ankle last January – due to the pharmacy retailer’s pending bankruptcy proceedings.
PHILADELPHIA – In a class action, sexual abuse lawsuit brought by seven former residents of The Summit Academy, the plaintiffs have rejected calls from Philadelphia’s Juvenile Probation Department for Eleventh Amendment-based immunity to be granted to it.
PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia’s Juvenile Probation Department contends that Eleventh Amendment immunity should protect it from a class action, sexual abuse lawsuit brought by seven former residents of The Summit Academy.
PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for The Summit Academy say a class action, sexual abuse lawsuit brought by seven of its former residents should be dismissed in its entirety, by arguing the action fails to state claims upon which relief could be granted and is not contained in the proper venue, among other objections.