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  • Hickman v. TL Transp., LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wage and Hour Litigation
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge McHugh
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0887

    Defendant corporate officers moved to dismiss plaintiffs' FLSA and state wage and hour claims for lack of personal jurisdiction because they were Maryland residents and worked for a Maryland corporation but court found that their travel to Pennsylvania to make decisions about and oversee the operations of their Pennsylvania facilities provided sufficient contacts with Pennsylvania to support jurisdiction; however court found it did not have personal jurisdiction over them for the Maryland plaintiff's claims under Maryland wage and hou

  • Norman v. Allied Interstate, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-06-12
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge McHugh
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0693

    Court denied defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiff's FDCPA claim because debt buyer was a debt collector under the "primary purpose" definition and the collection letters could mislead the least sophisticated consumer and leave her uncertain of her dispute rights. Motion denied.

  • Monzo v. Bazos

    Publication Date: 2017-11-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge McHugh
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1691

    The court denied defendants motion to transfer the case to the S.D.N.Y based on the first-filed rule because it was the date of filing in state court, rather than the subsequent removal date, that mattered for the first-filed rule and plaintiffs state court case was the first-filed. Transfer denied.