The case involved plaintiff Li Min suing the City of Philadelphia and health inspector Clarence Morris over claims of assault, battery, §1983 civil rights violations, violation of the Pennsylvania constitution, and conversion stemming from an alleged incident at her restaurant. The court dismissed all claims against Morris for lack of service and granted the City's motion for summary judgment on the remaining claims against it. Core reasoning included the failure to establish that Morris acted under color of state law or that any municipal policy or custom under Monell caused a constitutional violation, stipulation to dismissal of certain claims, and the bar of the conversion claim by the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act's governmental immunity provisions.

civil rightstorts & liability

This case arose from a 2003 workplace forklift accident in which plaintiff Edwin Ocasio was injured when defendant Ollson pulled a tractor-trailer away from a loading dock, causing Ocasio's forklift to fall; Ocasio later entered into a workers' compensation compromise and release agreement with his employer that settled certain claims and limited future medical liability. Defendants moved for partial summary judgment on collateral estoppel grounds and to preclude claims for injuries outside the agreement, while plaintiffs moved in limine to bar evidence of the workers' compensation proceedings. The court denied both of defendants' motions and granted plaintiffs' motion in part and denied it in part. The core reasoning was that the compromise agreement did not establish the identity of issues or parties required for collateral estoppel, the agreement's language did not bar all tort claims, and introduction of the workers' compensation evidence carried undue prejudice.

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