Impairment rating evaluation physician-evaluator erred in failing to consider the causal link between a workers' compensation claimant's subjective complaints and their accepted work injury and, if necessary, rate those conditions as part of the whole-body impairment rating. Order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board affirmed.

Plaintiff Entitled to Labor Law § 240 (1) Summary Judgment, Court Rules

Volvo Tractor, Trailer Forfeited as Involved in Concealment of Money Laundering

Court affirms contempt order and dismissal of an individual's complaint as a sanction for discovery non-compliance, but reverses dismissal of corporate entity's complaint in a business dispute

Defendants filed preliminary objections seeking to dismiss plaintiff prisoner's filings that purportedly asserted allegations of constitutional torts. The court sustained defendants' preliminary objections and dismissed the action, holding that plaintiff never effectuated service of process, nor attempted to do so, within 30 months after initiating his case and before expiration of the governing statute of limitations on his claims.

The court denied the plaintiff's emergency motion for postponement of sheriff's sale filed May 14, 2024. The sale was scheduled for May 16, 2024. Plaintiff supplied no evidence to support its claim that it needed a postponement and would bear readvertisement costs. The court noted that the plaintiff could request a postponement from the sheriff's office directly that would eliminate the need for readvertisement of the sale. Per Pa. R. Civ. P. 3139(b)(1), there is no distinction between relief obtained from the court and relief obtai

In this §1925(a) opinion, the trial court urged that its March 4, 2024 order denying appellant's motion for bad faith and attorneys' fees and foregoing his bill of costs be affirmed by the Commonwealth Court because it was untimely and lacking in merit. The court included and incorporated by reference its January 3, 2024, order partially granting the City's appeal of the Office of Open Records determination along with its memorandum containing supportive analysis.

Defendant could introduce evidence of excessive alcohol consumption on the issue of life expectancy but not for any other purposes, including the cause(s) of plaintiff's falls. Plaintiff's motion in limine granted in part and denied in part.

The court dismissed the case in which defendant MM-FCDC Partners defended against a foreclosure claim on a commercial property by, in part, claiming that plaintiff Wells Fargo failed to make a loan as promised. Plaintiff moved to dismiss the counterclaim for breach of contract claiming that it was barred by a state procedural rule. The court rejected that claim based on the doctrine of Erie v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938) under which a federal court in a diversity action that does not involve federal questions applies state law on su

Court dismissed race discrimination claims challenging changes to charter school admissions process where there was no evidence to support finding that the changes had a discriminatory motive or a racially disparate impact. Defendants' motion for summary judgment granted.