Judge Upholds Occupy Philly Lawsuit Against Police
A judge says Occupy Philadelphia protesters can proceed with their lawsuit accusing police of unlawful arrest, retaliation and other civil rights violations.
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A judge says Occupy Philadelphia protesters can proceed with their lawsuit accusing police of unlawful arrest, retaliation and other civil rights violations.
A group of retired NFL players says in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the league, thirsty for profits, illegally supplied them with risky narcotics and other painkillers that numbed their injuries for games and led to medical complications down the road.
Attorneys for the NCAA say a lawsuit by the family of the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno that seeks to overturn a $60 million fine and other university sanctions stemming from the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal is an attempt to "rewrite history" that "ignores reality."
Drivers busted by red light cameras in five New Jersey towns before August 2012 could get a partial refund of their tickets due to a proposed legal settlement.
An ex-girlfriend of former NFL defensive end Hugh Douglas accused him in a new lawsuit of assaulting her multiple times, including an encounter at a Connecticut hotel last year that resulted in his arrest but no jail time.
There are new developments Friday regarding the deadly natural gas explosion in Ewing Township. The family of Linda Cerritelli, who was killed, has now filed a civil lawsuit against both PSE&G and contractor Henkels & McCoy.
A family is suing a New Jersey school district, contending that the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance is discriminatory toward atheist children.
A Pennsylvania court wants to examine whether Penn State and the NCAA acted legally when they entered into a consent agreement that imposed a $60 million fine and other penalties over the Jerry Sandusky molestation scandal.
The judge Tuesday denied Freeh's motion for reconsideration of the Feb. 25 order granting Spanier's request.
A judge has formally dismissed the lawsuit brought by a New Jersey honor student who sued to get her parents to support her after she moved out of their home.
A school police officer's beard, his religious beliefs, and a grooming policy is the subject of a federal civil rights lawsuit filed against the School District of Philadelphia.
A northern New Jersey honor student who has sued to get her parents to support her after she moved out of their home had her initial request denied Tuesday by a judge who cautioned that the case could lead to a "potentially slippery slope" of claims by teenagers against their parents.
The Diocese of Scranton has settled a lawsuit with the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was hurt by a falling tombstone at an eastern Pennsylvania cemetery.
The notices of dismissal in the two lawsuits were filed Friday in federal court in Manhattan.
A man left quadriplegic when his relatives tipped over a portable toilet has settled a Pennsylvania lawsuit against several parties for $5 million.
Lawyers for a New Jersey man left incapacitated when he was thrown from his sulky during a harness race in Pennsylvania will be allowed on the property to inspect track conditions.
Just hours after Philadelphia's City Council announced its intention to look into fire escape safety, a civil suit has been filed in court against the landlord of a building where one person fell to his death earlier this month.
Alex Rodriguez was so unhappy with the support he got from the Major League Baseball Players Association, he decided to sue them.
Six New Jersey residents have filed a federal lawsuit against Gov. Chris Christie, the state of New Jersey, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and others over traffic jams in September.
Penn State University has to become involved in a lawsuit filed by Joe Paterno's family and others against the NCAA in order for parts of it to proceed, a state judge ruled Tuesday.
Sitting outside for four hours in East Rutherford, New Jersey in February doesn't sound particularly enticing. This year, on one day in February, that will not be the case, as the the Super Bowl will be in a cold weather city, outdoors, at MetLife stadium.
A federal lawsuit by six current and former Bucknell University students claims searches of a fraternity and another residential building early last year violated constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure.
Barbara Boyer's first thoughts when she learned her 47-year-old husband Jeff was dying: how to tell the two young daughters he adored.
One year after his daughter's murder, a New Jersey father is suing her killer's parents to hold them responsible.
A young man who testified at Jerry Sandusky's sex abuse trial is suing the former coach and Penn State for what he says was nearly four years of assaults while he was a child.
