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• Pennsylvania Officials Investigate Potential Link Between Fracking And Cancer Cases

  December 31, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  Pennsylvania officials are investigating a potential cluster of child and young adult cancer cases and a potential link to hydraulic fracturing.

• Lawsuit Over Option Retrievable Blood Clot Filter Results in $33M Jury Verdict

  October 29, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  A Georgia woman has been awarded $33 million in a lawsuit over an Option Retrievable IVC filter which she says was defectively designed and punctured her vena cava.

• YMCA Faces Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Fatal Rock-Climbing Accident

  October 15, 2019

  Russell Maas

  A YMCA group in Pittsburgh faces a wrongful death lawsuit from a mother whose teenage son died of fall injuries during a rock climbing outing.

• Risperdal Lawsuit Results in $8B Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson Over Breast Growth Side Effects for Males

  October 9, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  A Philadelphia jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $8 billion in punitive damages to a man who developed breasts as a child due to the side effects of Risperdal.

• Pennsylvania Priest Abuse Lawsuit Filed Decades After Man Was Subjected to Violent Sexual Assaults as a Boy

  July 26, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  A new lawsuit blames a Pennsylvania diocese and two Bishops for failing to prevent the repeated rape of a young parishioner decades ago.

• Glen Mills Class Action Lawsuit Filed By Parent Of Former Student Abused At Reform School

  June 10, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  A class action lawsuit filed by the parent of a former Glen Mills reform school student claims the administration fostered a culture of abuse which led to her son being beaten repeatedly by staff members.

• Glen Mills Reform School Abuse Problems Highlight “Broken Model” for Juvenile Delinquents: Editorial

  May 2, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  In the wake of the closing of Glen Mills reform school in Pennsylvania, some are calling for an end to all juvenile delinquent reform schools, due to concerns over the risk of abuse.

• Glen Mills School Abuse Lawsuits Seek Class Action Status for Thousands of Students

  April 18, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  Two class action lawsuits have been filed on behalf of thousands of students who were abused at Glen Mills reform school in Pennsylvania, indicating that "barbaric abuse continued unchecked" due to a callous disregard for the safety and well-being of youth.

• Reform School Abuse Results in Emergency Removal of Boys from Glen Mills School in Pennsylvania

  April 10, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  Pennsylvania officials have removed the last boys from Glen Mills reform school, saying that boys there were at risk of abuse and injury.

• Essure Lawsuits Allowed to Proceed Over Problems from Birth Control Coils

  April 1, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge has cleared six Essure lawsuits in Pennsylvania federal court to move forward, despite an effort by Bayer to have them dismissed on statute of limitations grounds.