Aleeza Furman

2 weeks ago | law.com | Aleeza Furman

Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky has emerged victorious in a wage-and-hour lawsuit brought by a paralegal who used to work at the law firm. A jury in Philadelphia federal court on Thursday unanimously found in Saltz Mongeluzzi’s favor, rejecting the plaintiff’s claims that the firm failed to pay her for overtime she purportedly worked during the COVID-19 pandemic.

2 weeks ago | law.com | Aleeza Furman

A federal judge in Philadelphia is threatening possible sanctions against a laboratory testing company over its continued pursuit of legal arguments it had already failed to advance in dozens of nearly identical cases. U.S. District Judge Catherine Henry on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit in which plaintiff Abira Medical Laboratories accused two out-of-state health care insurance providers of underpaying or failing to pay for services it performed.

3 weeks ago | law.com | Aleeza Furman

Incumbent Philadelphia district attorney candidate Larry Krasner had the stage to himself Tuesday night in what had been initially planned as a forum featuring him and his challenger, former Municipal Court Judge Patrick Dugan. Both candidates were invited to attend the WHYY-hosted event, but Dugan declined, leaving Krasner as the lone candidate to field the moderators’ questions.

3 weeks ago | law.com | Aleeza Furman

Defendants in the multidistrict litigation over weight-loss drugs like Ozempic argued Monday that many of the plaintiffs’ overarching claims were too vague to remain in the litigation. In oral arguments before U.S. District Judge Karen Marston of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, counsel for drugmakers Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly asked the court to shave off a large chunk of the plaintiffs’ master complaint for being based on insufficiently specific allegations.

3 weeks ago | law.com | Aleeza Furman

A Philadelphia jury returned a $4.5 million verdict Tuesday in the case of a man who claimed he lost part of his foot because he relied on bad advice from a medical helpline for injured workers. The plaintiff, represented by Kline & Specter’s David Inscho and Helen Lawless, alleged that the helpline’s staff deterred him from seeking appropriate care for a diabetic ulcer on his foot, which ended up worsening to the point that he required an amputation.