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Fly all day?: Pa. class action challenges trampoline park

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Fly all day?: Pa. class action challenges trampoline park

John O’Brien
Feb 19, 2026

PHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania woman says her son and his friends were booted from an indoor trampoline park after two hours, despite paying fo…

Trump admin fights restoration of slavery site in Phila.

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Trump admin fights restoration of slavery site in Phila.

John O’Brien
Feb 19, 2026

PHILADELPHIA – Scolded by a federal judge for attempting to erase history, the Trump administration is appealing a ruling that orders it to pu…

‘Token’: Philadelphia jury awards just $250K in talc trial

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‘Token’: Philadelphia jury awards just $250K in talc trial

John O’Brien
Updated Feb 19, 2026

PHILADELPHIA – A second Pennsylvania jury has refused to issue a blockbuster verdict that lawyers hoped for, as last week Philadelphians award…

Softball coach wouldn’t mourn Charlie Kirk, sues over blowback

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Softball coach wouldn’t mourn Charlie Kirk, sues over blowback

John O’Brien
Updated Feb 18, 2026

PHILADELPHIA – A college softball coach who resigned out of fears for her safety is suing the family she says stoked public outrage to an Inst…

Teacher punished for Facebook firestorm gets closer to trial

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Teacher punished for Facebook firestorm gets closer to trial

John O’Brien
Feb 18, 2026

PITTSBURGH – The lawsuit of a former Pittsburgh Kindergarten teacher who claims she was punished for sharing a Facebook post should be sent to…

Mom sues American Legion after daughter, 11, killed

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Mom sues American Legion after daughter, 11, killed

John O’Brien
Feb 17, 2026

PITTSBURGH – A recent lawsuit blames an American Legion post in Allegheny County for the death of an 11-year-old girl who was struck by an all…

Trump admin blocked from hiding history of slavery in U.S.

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Trump admin blocked from hiding history of slavery in U.S.

John O’Brien
Feb 17, 2026

PHILADELPHIA – Put it all back, a judge has ordered after the Trump administration removed mentions of slavery from the site of a historic hou…

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UPMC faces blame for health issues tied to wheelchair

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UPMC faces blame for health issues tied to wheelchair

John O’Brien
Updated Feb 13, 2026

PITTSBURGH – Good news at the hospital turned into a series of falls, infection and surgeries preceding the death of a Lawrence County woman, …

Hospital employee sues after falling asleep at work

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Hospital employee sues after falling asleep at work

John O’Brien
Feb 12, 2026

PHILADELPHIA – A woman fired for falling asleep during her break is suing Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital, arguing her termination vi…

‘Creepy’ choir teacher has Central Bucks schools in trouble

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‘Creepy’ choir teacher has Central Bucks schools in trouble

John O’Brien
Feb 12, 2026

PHILADELPHIA – A former student at Central Bucks West High School can sue its school district over claims it failed to stop a choir teacher no…

Hershey attacks religion claim in fight over trans women in ladies room

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Hershey attacks religion claim in fight over trans women in ladies room

John O’Brien
Feb 11, 2026

HARRISBURG, Pa. – A Hershey spa is defending itself in court from claims it punished a worker who refused to take a transgender woman – descri…

Lehigh County sued over suicide of detoxing inmate

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Lehigh County sued over suicide of detoxing inmate

John O’Brien
Feb 10, 2026

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Lehigh County faces a lawsuit over the suicide of a woman who threw herself off the second tier of the county prison.

Fired Philadelphia employee alleges sexual harassment

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Fired Philadelphia employee alleges sexual harassment

John O’Brien
Feb 9, 2026

PHILADELPHIA – A former Philadelphia city employee alleges she was subjected to sexual harassment from the son of a state senator and racism w…

Blank Rome sued over alleged sexual assault of lawyer

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Blank Rome sued over alleged sexual assault of lawyer

John O’Brien
Feb 9, 2026

PITTSBURGH – The Philadelphia-based firm Blank Rome faces a lawsuit from a lawyer who says she was sexually assaulted in 2024 by a colleague.

Philadelphia must defend lottery for criteria-based schools

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Philadelphia must defend lottery for criteria-based schools

John O’Brien
Feb 6, 2026

PHILADELPHIA – Parents against a lottery Philadelphia uses to pick students for “criteria-based” high schools have won their appeal of a decis…

Zantac defendants fight for Phila. judge to rule on shaky evidence

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Zantac defendants fight for Phila. judge to rule on shaky evidence

John O’Brien
Feb 6, 2026

PHILADELPHIA – Correcting an error in a transcript should be enough to stop calls for a Philadelphia judge to step down from Zantac lawsuits f…

Black woman’s laugh on Zoom sparks racism lawsuit

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Black woman’s laugh on Zoom sparks racism lawsuit

John O’Brien
Feb 5, 2026

PHILADELPHIA – A supervisor’s reaction to a Black woman’s laugh at a joke in a Zoom meeting has led to a discrimination lawsuit.

Lawsuit: Phila. EMTs wasted time while woman was dying

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Lawsuit: Phila. EMTs wasted time while woman was dying

John O’Brien
Updated Feb 5, 2026

PHILADELPHIA – A lackluster performance by emergency medical personnel cost a Philadelphia woman her life, a new federal lawsuit says.

Immigrants held without bond during Biden era awarded cash

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Immigrants held without bond during Biden era awarded cash

John O’Brien
Updated Feb 4, 2026

PHILADELPHIA – The Biden-era detention of two immigrants will cost the federal government about $34,000 for the months the men spent in a dete…

Court: Job applicants open about criminal past shouldn’t be punished

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Court: Job applicants open about criminal past shouldn’t be punished

John O’Brien
Feb 3, 2026

PHILADELPHIA – Being honest about a criminal past shouldn’t punish someone looking for a job, a federal appeals court has ruled in a case invo…

Rape at Phila. foster home results in $6M settlement

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Rape at Phila. foster home results in $6M settlement

John O’Brien
Feb 3, 2026

PHILADELPHIA – A children’s services company in Philadelphia is settling claims it placed a girl in a foster home with an older boy who had se…

Geisinger, Evangelical pay $28M in collusion class action

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Geisinger, Evangelical pay $28M in collusion class action

John O’Brien
Feb 2, 2026

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Geisinger Health and Evangelical Community Hospital are paying $28.5 million to settle allegations they had a “no poach” a…

Boy blinded by Phila. cop’s taser gets $500K settlement

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Boy blinded by Phila. cop’s taser gets $500K settlement

John O’Brien
Feb 2, 2026

PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia is settling claims one of its officers ruptured a child’s eye with a taser for $500,000.

Pa. Dems blast feds’ removal of slavery history in Phila.

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Pa. Dems blast feds’ removal of slavery history in Phila.

John O’Brien
Updated Feb 17, 2026

PHILADELPHIA – Democrats in the Pennsylvania Senate bemoan a “pie-in-the-sky” approach to America’s history taken by the Trump administration …

Is it OK out-of-staters sue in Philadelphia? Court to decide in Paraquat case

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Is it OK out-of-staters sue in Philadelphia? Court to decide in Paraquat case

John O’Brien
Updated Jan 30, 2026

PHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania appellate court will decide if out-of-state plaintiffs should be able to sue in Philadelphia over an alleged lin…

Lawsuit: Day care teachers mushed 1-year-old’s face into cot

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Lawsuit: Day care teachers mushed 1-year-old’s face into cot

John O’Brien
Jan 29, 2026

PHILADELPHIA – Abuse of a 1-year-old at a Delaware County day care is alleged in a recently filed lawsuit that comes months after two women we…

Loss in case of tortured, murdered Pa. 12-year-old girl appealed

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Loss in case of tortured, murdered Pa. 12-year-old girl appealed

John O’Brien
Jan 29, 2026

PHILADELPHIA – The sisters of a 12-year-old girl who was starved and tortured until her death are appealing a federal judge’s decision that di…

Pitt. bar blamed for hit-and-run death after cops beat first lawsuit

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Pitt. bar blamed for hit-and-run death after cops beat first lawsuit

John O’Brien
Jan 28, 2026

PITTSBURGH – Lawyers are now blaming a Pittsburgh bar for the death of a woman who was left behind when cops arrested her friend for driving w…

Historic house stripped of slavery mentions by feds; Philadelphia sues

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Historic house stripped of slavery mentions by feds; Philadelphia sues

John O’Brien
Updated Feb 17, 2026

PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia is suing the federal government over the removal of displays at the President’s House – a site intended to inform …