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Publication Date: 2022-09-12
Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Hodge
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Case Number: 22-0988
Court denied preliminary objections to a plaintiff's tort complaint arising out of defendant city's refusal to pay plaintiff as a surviving spouse under her ex-husband's pension plan. The court denied the objections finding that while the current police pension plan provided that the benefits should be paid towards a surviving spouse, the plan that was approved by the city and implemented for more than twenty years allowed plaintiff to be paid pursuant to a Domestic Relations Order which was in effect as a result of a divorce settleme
Publication Date: 2022-09-12
Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Hodge
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Case Number: 22-0989
Court denied preliminary objections to a plaintiff's tort complaint arising out of defendant city's refusal to pay plaintiff as a surviving spouse under her ex-husband's pension plan. The court denied the objections finding that while the current police pension plan provided that the benefits should be paid towards a surviving spouse, the plan that was approved by the city and implemented for more than twenty years allowed plaintiff to be paid pursuant to a Domestic Relations Order which was in effect as a result of the divorce settle
Publication Date: 2022-09-05
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Hodge
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Case Number: 22-0902
Court granted defendant's motion in limine in part and denied it in part holding that the state failed to adequately prove defendant drove dangerously while under the influence, evaded an officer, and resisted arrest. The court did however hold that the state had enough evidence to prove that defendant ran a stop sign, but the lack of proof regarding defendant's sobriety at the time of the traffic stop and level of aggression during the arrest was not sufficient enough to sustain charges.
Publication Date: 2022-09-05
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Cox
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Case Number: 22-0903
Court denied the majority of pretrial motions filed by a defendant regarding charges stemming from abusive actions towards his girlfriend, children, and family dog while under the influence of heroin. The court held there was sufficient evidence to deny the majority of habeas petitions filed and further denied motions to suppress, holding that defendant voluntarily confessed to the charges and that that the search of the family home was not unconstitutional due to the girlfriend's consent.
Publication Date: 2022-08-29
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Cox
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Case Number: 22-0933
The court granted in part and denied in part criminal defendant's motion to suppress evidence. The court denied defendant's motion to suppress an illegally recorded video where defendant was not actually recorded, finding that he did not have standing to make the suppression request. As to defendant's request to suppress evidence seized during a warrant search of his house, the court agreed the affidavit did not have the requisite level of probable cause to justify the search.
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Publication Date: 2022-08-29
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Motto
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Case Number: 22-0876
The defendant township was not a joint tortfeasor with its co-defendants in this suit due to its standing as a governmental agency and concomitant immunity; therefore, the co-defendants could not recover on and thus pursue claims of indemnity or contribution from the township. The court sustained the defendant township's preliminary objections.
Publication Date: 2022-08-22
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Hodge
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Case Number: 22-0875
Court granted criminal defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained during a warrantless search of a vehicle. The court noted that although the officer conducting the search had probable cause to search the vehicle for drug paraphernalia, no exigent circumstances existed because the occupants had exited the vehicle and were not able to destroy any potential evidence at the time of the search. Therefore, because the warrantless search was not predicated on both probable cause and exigent circumstances, the search violated defendant
Publication Date: 2022-08-15
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Hodge
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Case Number: 22-0215
The court refused to suppress evidence of drug sales activity found by police in plain view in defendant's hotel room where police entered the room at defendant's request during a mere encounter, which did not afford defendant any protection upon which he could base a claim of a warrantless search. The court denied defendant's motion to suppress.
Publication Date: 2022-08-08
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Motto
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Case Number: 22-0216
While private homes may not be constitutionally entered to conduct a search or effectuate an arrest without a warrant, the police entry of defendant's home was not unlawful as the record demonstrated that he voluntarily gave consent to police to enter his home. The court denied defendant's pre-trial motions.
Publication Date: 2022-06-20
Practice Area: Contracts
Industry: Real Estate
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Hodge
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Case Number: 22-0581
An agreement did not possess the characteristics of an installment land contract, so the court granted declaratory relief stating that the parties' agreement was a residential lease which was subject to landlord tenant law.
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