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  • Commonwealth v. Barasky

    Publication Date: 2021-08-16
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Butts
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0802

    Defendant successfully argued that law enforcement used an unreliable confidential informant and did not establish that defendant was on the other end of a phone conversation with the CI during a controlled buy where the CI had never been used in such a capacity and there were no other facts to substantiate the CI's information. The court granted defendant's motion to suppress.

  • Schnaufer v. Stutzman

    Publication Date: 2021-08-02
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Linhardt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0747

    In this medical malpractice action, the court granted plaintiffs' motion to preclude reference to a guilty plea by one of the parties, but the court denied plaintiffs' other motions in limine.

  • Farley v. Dorsey-Hurtt

    Publication Date: 2021-08-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0746

    Plaintiff's marriage to defendant was both void and voidable where she had an existing spouse at the time she married defendant, she lacked the capacity to consent to the marriage and she was induced into marrying defendant by fraudulent actions. The granted plaintiff's petition for an annulment.

  • Harris v. Kriner

    Publication Date: 2021-08-02
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0749

    Plaintiffs sufficiently stated unjust enrichment and fraudulent transfer claims. The court deferred issues regarding the right to a jury trial until the pre-trial conference.

  • Force v. Zamora

    Publication Date: 2021-08-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0748

    Petitioners demonstrated they had stepped into a parental role and discharged parental duties with respect to a minor child, so the court granted their petition to intervene in this custody action.

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  • Zenter v. Brenner Car Credit, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-07-12
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Automotive | Retail
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0656

    The court overruled a preliminary objection regarding arbitration, because the agreement that was the subject of this dispute did not contain an arbitration clause.

  • Commonwealth v. Rinker

    Publication Date: 2021-07-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Butts
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0654

    The court granted the commonwealth's motion to dismiss a habeas corpus motion where defendant's prior attorney waived the remainder of a preliminary hearing, but the parties did not agree that defendant could file a future motion challenging the sufficiency of the evidence.

  • In re: Adoption of AS

    Publication Date: 2021-07-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0647

    The minor child's great-grandmother and her husband demonstrated that both of the minor child's parents had evidenced a settled purpose of relinquishing parental claim to the child and that termination of their parental rights so as to allow for adoption was in the child's best interests. The court granted petitions for the involuntary termination of parental rights

  • In re: Adoption of HS

    Publication Date: 2021-07-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0648

    The minor child's great aunt and uncle demonstrated that what was originally intended to be a temporary arrangement for custody evolved into a three-year situation and that both mother and father had evidenced a settled purpose of relinquishing parental claim to the child. The court granted petitions for the involuntary termination of parental rights

  • Commonwealth v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2021-07-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Butts
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0652

    The commonwealth failed to meet its prima facie burden on the charge theft by receiving stolen property as the evidence of mere possession, without more, was insufficient to establish the charge of receiving stolen property. The court found in favor of defendant.