New York v. Joseph S. Mitchell

Defendant moved to dismiss plaintiff's title VII, Americans with Disabilities Act, Pennsylvania Human Relations Act religious, pregnancy and disability discrimination action asserting failure to accommodate and wrongful termination and court found she failed to exhaust her administrative remedies as to the disparate impact, disability discrimination and unlawful interference claims but sufficiently established her religious discrimination and sex discrimination claims. Motion granted in part and denied in part.

Default Judgment Found Against Defendant Who Failed to Complete Construction Project

Only city authorities may file suit to redress violation of city ordinance

Plaintiff sought summary judgment in its action to eject defendant from a residential lot after a mortgage foreclosure. The court denied plaintiff's summary judgment motion where fact issues remained as to whether defendant occupied only the single lot identified and claimed by plaintiff, or instead resided upon multiple lots that might be joined and inseparable.

Crossclaim plaintiff moved for summary judgment on his defamation claim against crossclaim defendant in bank's action to recover embezzled funds.

Decision and Orders & Decree and Orders signed between:May 28 - June 4, 2024

Rights Claims Against Wife, Daughter Frivolous, Not Properly Asserted Against County

PBGC Awarded $24,000 in Damages Over Plan Trustee's Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Prudence

Orphans' court erred in denying church's request for a decree validating the August 2018 and 2019 elections and votes for church trustees and the February 2019 votes removing the pastor because some of orphans' court's findings regarding bylaw and vote requirements were unsupported by competent and adequate evidence of record, its reasoning was internally inconsistent and contradictory, and its interpretation of the bylaws notice provision was ordinarily barred by the rules of construction. Vacated and remanded.