PNC Financial Services Group will pay at least $24 million to settle class-action claims that a Virginia bank it acquired charged excessive fees and kicked back money to a mortgage broker for customer referrals. The settlement first reported Tuesday by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review is detailed in documents filed in U.S. District Court, Pittsburgh. It stems from claims filed …
On Monday, in a courtroom in downtown Pittsburgh, jury selection will take place in Target’s lawsuit against Michael Turner. Three years ago, Turner and his friends jumped in when Leon Walls attacked a 16-year-old girl inside the East Liberty Target. Turner told us what happened that day.
An attorney says the family of a woman who died during a mold outbreak at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has settled their lawsuit with the hospital network. Channel 11’s news exchange partners at TribLIVE reported that James Datillo confirmed the settlement, but not its terms on Friday. UPMC officials didn’t immediately respond to …
A mistrial has been declared in a civil rights lawsuit brought by a Pittsburgh police officer who clerked for the former chief. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review says U.S. District Judge Joy Flowers Conti granted the mistrial after Officer Tonya Montgomery-Ford said her attorney was too ill to continue. Attorney Sam Cordes reported feeling dizzy Tuesday and wasn’t in …
The trial started today in federal court for the Pittsburgh Police officer who is suing the city, claiming her civil rights were violated. In 2013, Officer Tonya Montgomery-Ford was suspended with pay. It was one day after former Pittsburgh Police chief Nate Harper resigned as the FBI investigated possible corruption in the police bureau.