John O Brien

PITTSBURGH – Attorneys filing addiction lawsuits against online sportsbooks have made a stop in Pittsburgh, where they found a plaintiff who has lost about $75,000 betting.

PHILADELPHIA – The mother of a federal inmate who was killed in an attack will be able to sue the U.S. government, though a wrongful death claim has been tossed.

PITTSBURGH – A New Jersey man who suffered fourth-degree burns while performing electrical work in a live transformer is suing West Penn Power Company and FirstEnergy over his injuries.

PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia won’t face liability over the death of an 11-year-old boy who lacked a rescue inhaler for his asthma, as a federal judge has ruled the City did not increase the danger he was in.

PITTSBURGH – The first Pennsylvania lawsuit filed in federal court over this summer’s “explosive diarrhea” outbreak targets Taco Bell and Taylor Farms California.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Researchers who published a paper claiming 75 cancer patients had no “known exposure to asbestos” other than Johnson & Johnson cosmetic talc even though some had sued over other exposures cannot be accused of trade libel, a judge has ruled.

BOSTON – Massachusetts is asking for extra time to respond to a records request involving Exxon, which wonders why the State has sued it over climate change while ignoring its own emissions standards.

INDIANAPOLIS – An Indiana bar might be liable for a wreck caused by a customer whose blood-alcohol test still returned an amount under the legal limit.

A row of red metal lockers lines a school hallway next to a closed wooden door.

WILMINGTON, Del. – A Delaware school district must defend a lawsuit over a student’s broken pinky finger, finding it is possible that lack of supervision of a door could constitute gross negligence.