Defendant filed preliminary objections to assignee-plaintiff's complaint seeking recovery on a credit card debt. The court dismissed the preliminary objections, holding that plaintiff's complaint was sufficiently specific and legally sufficient, even absent attached writings necessary to satisfy Pa. R. Civ. P. 1019(i).

Motion List & Order on Application released on:September 18, 2024

Plaintiff appealed the grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant Township and the dismissal of her complaint alleging Township "failed to maintain and negligently repaired [a] drainage system on [p]laintiff's property and the cul-de-sac where [p]laintiff's property [wa]s located." Plaintiff purchased a home in 1978 and installed a swimming pool which subsequently required repairs.

Commonwealth appealed the trial court's order granting appellee's post-sentence motions for discharge or alternatively for a new trial on weight-of-the-evidence grounds. The court reversed, affirmed the grant of a new trial, and remanded for further proceedings, holding in pertinent part that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in concluding the jury's verdict shocked its conscience in light of the trial court's review of alternative theories for victim testimony accusing appellee of sexual molestation.

Court found trial court did not abuse its discretion in entering default judgment as a sanction for defendant's willful failure to comply with discovery obligations and withholding records necessary to determine the amount owed on the mortgage at issue. Order of the trial court affirmed.

Court found no error in admitting children's school records obtained from the school district under the hearsay exception for records of a regularly conducted activity. Judgment of the trial court affirmed.

Forced movement of victims not incidental to underlying robbery

Trial court erred as a matter of law in sustaining coal owners' preliminary objection asserting improper venue and transferring the case to Greene county because venue in Allegheny county was proper on appellants' breach of contract, negligent misrepresentation and abuse of process claims relating to oil well drilling. Vacated and remanded.

Orders on motions filed on:September 18, 2024

Court affirms spoliation sanctions against City of Atlanta in a negligence action, and affirms trial court's decision to overturns attorney fees award due to a procedural deficiency