John O'Brien
Editor and Publisher at ABA Journal
Editor and Publisher of the ABA Journal. Formerly of DNAinfo, Patch, Sun-Times Media, Daily Southtown, Joliet Herald-News. Opinions are mine, not my employer's.
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1 month ago |
pennrecord.com | John O'Brien
PITTSBURGH - A Christian physical therapist fired over refusing the COVID-19 vaccine won't be able to sue her former employer in court, a Philadelphia federal judge has held. Judge Nora Barry Fischer on May 7 ruled against Jamie Petrel, whose 2024 lawsuit said Saber Healthcare Group violated her "strongly held religious beliefs" when it fired her in January 2022. She had applied for a religious exemption from Saber's vaccine mandate but was rejected in 2021.
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thejournal.ie | John O'Brien
THE UNTIMELY DEATH of Garda Kevin Flatley reminds us that every single road crash fatality is a deep tragedy for the victims and their families. This is an unspeakable tragedy for Kevin’s wife Una and their children. One’s thoughts and prayers go out to them in the most heartfelt and thoughtful way. Garda Kevin Flatley was doing his duty on Sunday in the most obvious of ways. He was on the roadside and in uniform.
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pennrecord.com | John O'Brien
PHILADELPHIA - A massive verdict against the makers of the weedkiller Roundup wasn't excessive, a Pennsylvania appeals court has ruled. On May 8, a three-judge panel of the Superior Court affirmed a $177.3 million award from the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas. The 2023 verdict was in the middle of a trio of wins for plaintiffs, with the others valued at $3.5 million and $2.2 billion (it was later reduced to $404 million).
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pennrecord.com | John O'Brien
PHILADELPHIA - A federal judge has approved another class action settlement over privacy concerns at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia judge John Younge on May 6 granted final approval of the settlement in a lawsuit that claimed the Inquirer violated the Video Privacy Protection Act when sending viewing information to Facebook. The Inquirer is just one company that faced litigation over the Facebook Pixel, which lets Meta receive viewing information.
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1 month ago |
pennrecord.com | John O'Brien
PHILADELPHIA - A federal court has found no racial animus in Upper Merion's decision to take for itself land being sold to a Black business owner under a gentlemen's agreement. Judge Mark Kearney on May 1 ruled against Eddie Hendrick in his federal lawsuit over the taking of a property adjacent to Walker Park that Upper Merion had long been interested in turning into a recreational area for residents. But its owner, Louis Damiani, didn't want to sell it to the township.
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