• Patterson v. Commonwealth

    Publication Date: 2024-11-29
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Legal Services | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 284 M.D. 2023

    Court dismissed Commonwealth from action challenging constitutionality of provisions of the Private Detective Act where local district attorneys were responsible for administering the act and enforcing against violations. Commonwealth's preliminary objections sustained, case dismissed against Commonwealth and transferred to the court of common pleas.

  • Smith v. Ivy Lee Real Estate, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 299 C.D. 2021

    The court affirmed the trial court's order disposing of appellants' claims that sought to abate a nuisance, constant traffic flow and blinding floodlights, and an injunction enjoining appellee from converting its adjacent property from residential to apartment and commercial use until appellee complied with the Taylor Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance because SALDO did not apply to appellees' development.

  • 1400 Main Holdings, LLC v. Pennsylvania Human Relations Comm'n

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 155 C.D. 2024

    Landlord petitioners sought review of respondent Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission's final order awarding damages and a civil penalty for petitioners' failure to accommodate a residential tenant's disability. The court vacated in part and remanded, holding in part that respondent's findings in support of its damages award for the tenant's humiliation and embarrassment were unsupported in the record where respondent erroneously deemed petitioners' refusal to allow installation of permanent shower grab bars to be an "ongoing" viol

  • City of Philadelphia v. Turner (Workers' Comp. Appeal Bd.)

    Publication Date: 2024-11-01
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1190 C.D. 2023

    Impairment rating evaluation physician-evaluator erred in failing to consider the causal link between a workers' compensation claimant's subjective complaints and their accepted work injury and, if necessary, rate those conditions as part of the whole-body impairment rating. Order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board affirmed.

  • Bailey v. Pennsylvania Parole Bd.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
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    Case Number: 871 C.D. 2023

    Petitioner sought review of respondent Pennsylvania Parole Board's order affirming its earlier determination recommitting him as a convicted parole violator. The court affirmed, holding that petitioner forfeited his 569 days of parole street time credit when he was recommitted as a convicted parole violator for subsequent violent crimes.

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  • Goodwill Indus. of N. Cent. PA, Inc. v. Centre County Bd. of Assessment Appeals

    Publication Date: 2024-09-13
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 44 C.D. 2023

    County Board of Assessment Appeals appealed the trial court's order reversing Board's decision denying taxpayer a charitable real estate tax exemption for certain property. The court affirmed, holding that taxpayer's evidence proved its compliance with the Institutions of Purely Public Charity Act and related law and, thus, its entitlement to the requested charitable real estate tax exemption.

  • Angels of Care by TLM, LLC v. Dep't of Human Serv.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-13
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 390 C.D. 2023

    Petitioner sought review of an administrative order adopting an administrative law judge's recommendation and dismissing as untimely its appeal from certain agency actions. The court affirmed, holding that by merely asserting lack of notice below, petitioner failed to overcome the presumption of service under the mailbox rule and demonstrated no basis for nunc pro tunc relief after its failure to timely appeal the disputed agency decisions. The court held further that petitioner waived its various arguments by failing to present them,

  • George v. Delaware County Tax Claim Bureau

    Publication Date: 2024-09-06
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 221 C.D. 2023

    Trial court erred in finding tax claim bureau took reasonable efforts to locate property owner by relying on bureau's statutory publication requirement and where the bureau failed to follow all statutorily listed methods and instead focused on the property owner's failure to update her registered address. Order of the trial court reversed.

  • Berks Area Reg'l Transp. Auth. v. Bennett

    Publication Date: 2024-09-06
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government | Transportation
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 942 C.D. 2023

    Employer petitioned for review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board affirming in part and reversing in part the order of a Workers' Compensation Judge that granted employee's claim petition. The court affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for further proceedings, holding that the WCJ's findings that a claimant suffered knee and lower back injuries were not adequately reasoned where the injury descriptions were too general and vague to permit effective review.

  • County of Delaware v. Delaware County Reg'l Water Quality Control Auth.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-30
    Practice Area: Public Utilities
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1347 C.D. 2022

    Trial court erred in ruling on validity of regional water authority's sale agreement and the municipality's assumption of obligations on remand where the remand order merely directed the trial court to enter mandamus relief for the municipality. Order of the trial court affirmed in part and vacated in part.