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  • Lawrence County Juvenile Probation v. Ferrante

    Publication Date: 2021-04-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 21-0352

    A parent was not entitled to a reduction in his child support obligation because he was the victim of the child's criminal conduct. The court concluded that a support judgment in favor of the county probation department should be affirmed.

  • Am. Express Bank, FSB v. Caiazza

    Publication Date: 2020-12-14
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-1233

    Plaintiff was entitled to summary relief on its breach of contract claim where defendants failed to offer proof challenging the accuracy of plaintiff's account statements demonstrating that defendants had incurred over $40,000 in debt and failed to make monthly payments on the balance in accordance with the governing cardholder agreement. The court granted plaintiff's motion for summary judgment.

  • Budai v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2020-11-30
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-1203

    The defendant driver's placement of his cane on the driver's seat created a risk that the cane would become lodged on the accelerator level; however, such conduct did not support a claim for punitive damages given the lack of any bad motive evidence. The court granted defendant's preliminary objection.

  • L-Sharif v. Gagliordi

    Publication Date: 2020-11-23
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-1176

    Plaintiff's negligent entrustment claim was legally insufficient where the complaint lacked any averments to demonstrate that the defendant driver was a habitual unsafe driver or that his employer, the owner of the vehicle, had reason to know the defendant driver was an unsafe driver when it entrusted him with the vehicle. The court granted defendant's preliminary objections in part.

  • Commonwealth v. Kennedy

    Publication Date: 2020-11-23
    Practice Area: Evidence
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-1175

    The assistant district attorney prosecuting this case against defendant was permitted to authorize one-party consensual interception of a witness's telephone conversations with defendant and employed a meticulous procedure to ensure that the teenage witness voluntarily provided her consent to the interceptions. The court denied in part defendant's omnibus pretrial motion to suppress.

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  • Erie Ins. Exch. v. Sutherland

    Publication Date: 2020-11-09
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-1125

    An insurer could not deny underinsured motorist coverage where the insured paid for stacked benefits, even though the insured waived such coverage under another policy. The court denied the insurer's motion for judgment on the pleadings.

  • Denelle v. Denelle

    Publication Date: 2020-11-09
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-1126

    The evidence indicated defendant did not sign an acknowledgement of paternity and was not the biological parent of the minor child in question, so the court eliminated defendant's child support obligation.

  • Blank v. Combs

    Publication Date: 2020-09-28
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0930

    Plaintiffs adequately stated claims for negligence and loss of consortium where they alleged that defendants knew about a third party's mental health issues and failed to take any action even after discovering that the person was distressed and had left their residence with a firearm.

  • Commonwealth v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2020-08-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0748

    A police officer failed to properly administer field sobriety tests, but other factors provided probable cause in connection with defendant's arrest for driving under the influence. The court denied defendant's motion to suppress and petition for habeas corpus.

  • Wilson v. Matas

    Publication Date: 2020-08-03
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0692

    The court sustained preliminary objections regarding claims for punitive damages and most of the statutory violations referenced in plaintiff's negligence per se claim.