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  • In re: Adoption of CDS

    Publication Date: 2020-03-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Reynolds McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-0206

    The court terminated father's parental rights because he failed to perform parental duties for at least six months prior to the filing of the petition, and termination did not destroy an existing bond between father and child.

  • In re: J.P.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-23
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-0212

    The record contained sufficient evidence in support of petitioner's involuntary commitment for mental health treatment, so the court denied his petition for expungement.

  • In re: Adoption of SJB

    Publication Date: 2020-03-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Reynolds McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0207

    The statutory grounds for the involuntary termination of father's parental rights under 23 Pa.C.S. §2511(a)(6) were satisfied where the record demonstrated that he made no effort to maintain substantial and continuing contact with his child or to financially support the child in any way. The court granted a petition for involuntary termination of father's parental rights

  • Bozochovic v. Gair

    Publication Date: 2020-03-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Linhardt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0210

    The trial court assessed the parties' credibility on father's petition for special relief and found that father's inability to maintain contact with his children was a result of his own failure to comply with prior court orders and awarded mother attorney fees as father's filing of the petition was frivolous and without merit. The trial court recommenced affirmance.

  • In the Interest of YJO

    Publication Date: 2020-03-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Reynolds McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0213

    In this delinquency matter, the victim would not have incurred medical expenses but for the juvenile's actions, so the court ordered the juvenile to pay restitution.

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  • Buckley v. Geisinger Clinic

    Publication Date: 2020-03-16
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Linhardt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-0208

    The court dismissed plaintiff's claim for breach of an employment contract, because she never satisfied the conditions associated with defendant's offer. The parties' employment arrangement was at-will, and defendant was entitled to terminate plaintiff's employment.

  • Keller v. Serafini

    Publication Date: 2020-03-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-0215

    Where father had previously consented to mother taking their child to a particular medical provider for routine care, father was responsible for one-half of the resulting medical bill even though he had objected to the follow-up appointment.

  • Smith v. Barto

    Publication Date: 2020-03-16
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Linhardt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0216

    Plaintiff was not entitled to a prescriptive easement because he did not demonstrate that his use was sufficiently notorious. Because plaintiff's land had access to a public road, he was not entitled to an easement by necessity to access an isolated portion of it.

  • Horizon Fed. Credit Union v. Hall

    Publication Date: 2020-03-16
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0211

    Plaintiff was not entitled to judgment on the pleadings even though defendant admitted he did not make all payments owing under an agreement for the financing of a vehicle. Due to plaintiff's alleged repossession of the vehicle, factual issues remained regarding plaintiff's entitlement to a deficiency judgment.

  • Koch v. Musser

    Publication Date: 2019-11-11
    Practice Area: Evidence | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Linhardt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-1275

    Plaintiff's chronic marijuana use was relevant and admissible to the issues of his future earning capacity and his future life expectancy, though evidence of plaintiff's chronic marijuana use as a factor relevant to his future life expectancy required expert testimony. The court granted in part and denied in part plaintiff's motion in limine.