Pittsburgh’s major hospital system can make a copy of the former mayor’s computer in a case stemming from the ongoing dispute over the hospital’s obligation to pay payroll taxes, a federal judge has ruled.
Although the case in federal court has been stayed pending the outcome of a related state-court action, U.S. District Chief Judge Joy Flowers Conti of the Western District of Pennsylvania granted the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) access to former Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl’s computer in order to copy and preserve its contents in case the federal suit is reopened.
