• Mikityanskiy v. Moretti

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Social Media
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Baldi
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    Case Number: 2022-01833

    Appellant appealed the trial court's verdict in favor of appellee in appellee's action for defamation and related claims. The court requested that the Superior Court affirm its verdict and dismiss the appeal as improperly requested where appellant filed no post-trial motions as necessary to preserve issues for appeal, and where no judgment had yet been entered, from which appellant might appeal in the first instance.

  • Williams v. Evens

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Weintraub
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2021-60296

    Appellant appealed the court's final custody order decreeing that her minor child should remain in the sole legal custody and primary physical custody of appellees, its guardians. The court declared that its order should be affirmed where appellees successfully rebutted the presumption of custody in favor of mother, as biological parent, given that mother had abandoned child shortly after birth and had moved hundreds of miles away by her own volition, while appellees had at all times steadfastly cared for child.

  • Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8051 v. City of Philadelphia

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Non-Profit | State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Roberts
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    Case Number: 1041

    In this § 1925(a) opinion, the court defended its dismissal of plaintiffs' mandamus action seeking to compel the Philadelphia Art Commission to take certain action with respect to a proposed statue. The City of Philadelphia filed preliminary objections claiming that the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the claim that the Philadelphia Art Commission improperly approved a statue in the Queens Village section of the city.

  • Kada v. Northampton Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Gilman
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    Case Number: 2023-01922

    The court concluded that its order affirming appellee zoning hearing board's decision granting property owners' application for a dimensional variance to accommodate a residential "in-law suite" at their home should be affirmed, holding that the record amply supported appellee's conclusion that the requested dimensional variance was the minimum necessary to reasonably accommodate applicants' request without subjecting them to undue hardship.

  • Gdula v. Wasserman

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
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    Case Number: A06-13-61179-C

    Mother appealed the trial court's contempt order requiring her to pay father's attorney fees incurred as a result of the parties' contempt litigation. The court held that it did not abuse its discretion in ordering payment of father's attorney fees where mother repeatedly violated the court's custody orders and committed countless acts of contempt in an attempt to deprive father of visitation and turn the couple's children against him.

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  • Law Offices of Bruce J. Chasan, LLC v. Corcoran

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Roberts
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 02425

    This § 1925(a) opinion urged the Superior Court to affirm the court's decision granting summary judgment to defendants in October 2023 in a case in which plaintiffs alleged that defendants made wrongful use of civil proceedings in an earlier case in federal court.

  • Logan v. Philadelphia Hous. Auth.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Schulman
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    Case Number: 220902868

    In this § 1925(a) opinion, the court recommended that appeals taken by both parties from the court's order denying appellant's motion to hold the verdict to $250,000 to comply with the statutory damages cap in 42 Pa. C.S. §8528(b) and denying appellee's post-trial motion seeking judgment notwithstanding the verdict and/or a new trial be denied.

  • Hopkins v. Commonwealth

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Butchart
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    Case Number: 00945

    In this case which the court certified for interlocutory appeal pursuant to 42 Pa. C.S. §702(b), plaintiff, the parent and next guardian of C.A., a minor, appealed the court's order sustaining the preliminary objections of defendants to plaintiff's second amended complaint resulting in their dismissal with prejudice. In its § 1925(a) opinion, the court asked that its dismissal order be affirmed.

  • Williams v. City of New Castle

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Hodge
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 70032 OF 2020, M.D.

    The court granted plaintiffs' motions for summary judgment and denied defendant's motions for summary judgment in two breach of contract cases in which former spouses of city police officers claimed to be entitled to pension payments and survivors benefits.

  • Brine v. Schwartz

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
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    Case Number: 2023DR00596

    Appellant father appealed the court's order imposing a monthly child support obligation in favor of appellee mother. The court concluded that its order should be affirmed, holding in part that evidence of father's income and lifestyle supported a net monthly income calculation well above the annual salary figure quoted by father.