ALLENTOWN – After not responding to a prior summary judgment motion from the defense, a federal magistrate judge has dismissed claims from a Philadelphia law firm’s former office manager, a plaintiff of Hispanic origin who alleged that she and a fellow co-worker were discriminated against during their tenure because of their ethnic background.
PHILADELPHIA – A local YMCA facility has denied allegations of racial discrimination lodged by a Black lifeguard, who claimed he was unjustly fired despite leading an emergency rescue situation, while the posted lifeguard, a Caucasian woman, was absent.
PITTSBURGH – After more than one year, McDonald’s has answered a sexual harassment suit from one of its employees, who alleged she was repeatedly subjected to sexual harassment from her manager for months before being mandated to perform work duties in violation of a doctor’s order – which she claimed led to both her miscarriage and professional retaliation exacted upon her.
MEDIA – A local woman who alleged she was seriously injured at a Flag Day event in the Borough of Yeadon nearly four years ago when the support poles of an event tent were uprooted from the ground by a wind gust and struck her in the head, has settled her claims with the Borough and other defendants.