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Dad shocked at Pittsburgh OB/GYN’s office files lawsuit

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Dad shocked at Pittsburgh OB/GYN’s office files lawsuit

John O’Brien
2 hrs ago

PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man alleges he was given an electrical shock when he tried to prevent his young child from grabbing a metal object s…

Pa. State Police punished its own whistleblowers, lawsuit says

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Pa. State Police punished its own whistleblowers, lawsuit says

John O’Brien
4 hrs ago

HARRISBURG – A Pennsylvania State Police captain and a lieutenant have gone to court after claiming to be demoted to made-up positions in reta…

Lawyer awarded $27K for taking Vietnam War vet’s service-dog case

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Lawyer awarded $27K for taking Vietnam War vet’s service-dog case

John O’Brien
Jan 5, 2026

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – An attorney who took over a lawsuit against a State College bouncehouse business that feared a service dog would pop its a…

Lawsuit: Phila. PD pressured prostitutes during cop-killer case

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Lawsuit: Phila. PD pressured prostitutes during cop-killer case

John O’Brien
Jan 5, 2026

PHILADELPHIA – A man convicted of murder then exonerated after nearly 19 years in prison is suing the City of Philadelphia, alleging prosecuto…

Pa. school districts can’t escape sexual-assault lawsuits

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Pa. school districts can’t escape sexual-assault lawsuits

John O’Brien
Updated Jan 2, 2026

PHILADELPHIA – The school district of Philadelphia will face a lawsuit alleging a bus attendant spent 22 minutes on a phone call while a stude…

Pittsburgh Pirates face lawsuit over fall at Phillies game

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Pittsburgh Pirates face lawsuit over fall at Phillies game

John O’Brien
Dec 30, 2025

PITTSBURGH – A Delaware County man is suing the Pittsburgh Pirates after breaking his ankle at a game.

Philadelphia sued over fire, alleged indifference to smoke detectors

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Philadelphia sued over fire, alleged indifference to smoke detectors

John O’Brien
Dec 29, 2025

PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia faces a lawsuit over a fire in a Griscom Street property that did not have working smoke detectors.

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Steelers WR faces dog-attack lawsuit after charge dropped

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Steelers WR faces dog-attack lawsuit after charge dropped

John O’Brien
Dec 22, 2025

PITTSBURGH – The dog of Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Calvin Austin III is alleged to have viciously attacked a man and his dog, leading t…

Phila. prison guard pleading guilty to rape, faces 30 years

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Phila. prison guard pleading guilty to rape, faces 30 years

John O’Brien
Dec 19, 2025

PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia prison guard is pleading guilty to charges of sexual assault of an inmate who has also sued him and the federal …

Selling body parts gets morgue manager 8 years in prison

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Selling body parts gets morgue manager 8 years in prison

John O’Brien
Dec 18, 2025

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – The former morgue manager at Harvard Medical School who harvested and sold body parts to pay the costs of his wife’s cance…

Kia, Hyundai to pay $9M, install anti-theft parts under deal with states

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Kia, Hyundai to pay $9M, install anti-theft parts under deal with states

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Dec 17, 2025

LOS ANGELES - A coalition of state attorneys general from throughout the U.S. are trumpeting a deal with carmakers Kia and Hyundai, which they…

Zantac lawyers really want a different judge to hear their Phila. cases

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Zantac lawyers really want a different judge to hear their Phila. cases

John O’Brien
Dec 16, 2025

PHILADELPHIA – Mass-tort lawyers who just received crushing news in Delaware are now asking a Philadelphia judge with a reputation for keeping…

Lawsuit: Special-needs adult pours boiling water on self

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Lawsuit: Special-needs adult pours boiling water on self

John O’Brien
Dec 16, 2025

PHILADELPHIA – A home for special-needs adults is alleged in a lawsuit to have lost track of a resident who rushed to the kitchen and threw a …

Walkway at Pittsburgh airport grabbed man’s shoelace, lawsuit says

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Walkway at Pittsburgh airport grabbed man’s shoelace, lawsuit says

John O’Brien
Dec 15, 2025

PITTSBURGH – A moving walkway at Pittsburgh International Airport is to blame for a man’s injury, a recent lawsuit says, despite the fact his …

Suits blaming video games for kids’ emotional problems won’t be grouped

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Suits blaming video games for kids’ emotional problems won’t be grouped

John O’Brien
Dec 12, 2025

PHILADELPHIA – A federal court in Philadelphia won’t be the headquarters for lawsuits that blame video games for a variety of emotional proble…

Amazon hopes lawsuit over boy’s death in swing now in friendlier court

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Amazon hopes lawsuit over boy’s death in swing now in friendlier court

John O’Brien
Dec 11, 2025

PHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania federal judge will hear a lawsuit claiming a child swing purchased on Amazon killed a 9-year-old boy.

Phila. man left paralyzed after State Police chase car sues

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Phila. man left paralyzed after State Police chase car sues

John O’Brien
Updated Dec 10, 2025

PHILADELPHIA – The Pennsylvania State Police has been sued for a high-speed chase that resulted in a crash that paralyzed a man whose car was …

Wife’s cancer spurred Harvard morgue manager to sell body parts

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Wife’s cancer spurred Harvard morgue manager to sell body parts

John O’Brien
Dec 10, 2025

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – The former manager of the morgue at Harvard Medical School decided to harvest and sell body parts because of financial tro…

Lawsuit: Cops left minor in just his underwear and blanket

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Lawsuit: Cops left minor in just his underwear and blanket

John O’Brien
Dec 9, 2025

MEDIA, Pa. – Cops busted into a Delaware County house and took a minor in his underwear to their station without allowing him to get dressed, …

Four inches of seatbelt could cost Mitsubishi $1 billion

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Four inches of seatbelt could cost Mitsubishi $1 billion

John O’Brien
Dec 9, 2025

PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia judge can’t justify a $1 billion verdict against Mitsubishi that features $800 million as a punishment, business…

Driver at fault but CSX could still be blamed for fatal crash

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Driver at fault but CSX could still be blamed for fatal crash

John O’Brien
Dec 8, 2025

ERIE – At least some of the blame for a fatal collision with a CSX train falls on the car’s driver, a federal judge has ruled while allowing a…

Phila. lawyer sues Daily Mail for using social-media photos

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Phila. lawyer sues Daily Mail for using social-media photos

John O’Brien
Dec 8, 2025

PHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania lawyer profiled overseas as “jet-setting” and “high-flying” is suing The Daily Mail for publishing photographs o…

EEOC presses antisemitism investigation of UPenn

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EEOC presses antisemitism investigation of UPenn

John O’Brien
Dec 5, 2025

PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania is stonewalling a federal civil investigation over complaints it subjects its Jewish faculty to …

Trump admin cut money from Pa. farmers and beat challenge. Now what?

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Trump admin cut money from Pa. farmers and beat challenge. Now what?

John O’Brien
Dec 5, 2025

HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office says he is deciding his next step after a federal judge ruled he sued the Trump administr…

Prison guard and America sued over alleged rape of woman

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Prison guard and America sued over alleged rape of woman

John O’Brien
Dec 4, 2025

PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia prison guard facing life in prison for allegedly raping an inmate now faces a civil lawsuit that also names the …

Judge: Gov. Shapiro’s food-fight with Trump in wrong court

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Judge: Gov. Shapiro’s food-fight with Trump in wrong court

John O’Brien
Dec 4, 2025

HARRISBURG – A federal judge says he doesn’t have the authority to order the federal government to give Pennsylvania money for a program that …

Lawsuit: Wood stove started fire that killed Pa. teenager

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Lawsuit: Wood stove started fire that killed Pa. teenager

John O’Brien
Updated Dec 9, 2025

PITTSBURGH – The maker of a Country Comfort wood stove is blamed for the death of a Clearfield County teenager who was the victim of a house f…

Heavyweight plaintiffs firm faces possible DOJ criminal probe

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Heavyweight plaintiffs firm faces possible DOJ criminal probe

John O’Brien
Dec 3, 2025

PHILADELPHIA – A prominent law firm that brought baseless birth-defect lawsuits is now in the crosshairs of the U.S. Department of Justice, as…

Lawsuits blame fast-food burgers for food poisoning, allergic reaction

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Lawsuits blame fast-food burgers for food poisoning, allergic reaction

John O’Brien
Dec 2, 2025

MEDIA – Beware burgers across Pennsylvania, two recently filed lawsuits against fast-food chains suggest.