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  • City of Williamsport v. Henry Dunn Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-05-17
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Consulting | Insurance | State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0468

    Plaintiff failed to plead facts sufficient to establish a claim for breach of fiduciary duty against the defendant insurance broker/agent where the complaint did not allege that defendant had overmastering influence over it or that plaintiff ceded its decision-making control to defendant. The court sustained defendants' preliminary objection in part.

  • Strouse v. Univ. of Pittsburgh Med. Ctr. Susquehanna

    Publication Date: 2021-05-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0470

    Plaintiff was entitled to amend her complaint to correct the name of the hospital she sought to sue and to assert her claim against that entity where the three parties named in her amended complaints were the same entity for purposes of this litigation. The court of common pleas granted plaintiff leave to amend.

  • In re: AS

    Publication Date: 2021-05-03
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0411

    Petitioners provided clear and convincing evidence in support of the termination of father's parental rights, and the court found termination would not destroy any existing bond between father and child. Adoption by petitioners was in the best interests of the child.

  • In re: Estate of Bower

    Publication Date: 2021-05-03
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0412

    The court ordered a decedent's business partner to present a partnership asset for appraisal and to pay the value of decedent's partnership interest to her estate.

  • In re: JW

    Publication Date: 2021-04-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0379

    The court found that petitioners presented clear and convincing evidence in support of their request to terminate the parental rights of a child's two potential biological fathers.

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  • Q.A. v. Y.S.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0380

    Mother failed to meet her burden of proof under 23 Pa.C.S.A. §6102 so as to warrant a final protection from abuse order where the evidence did not support her claim that father acted in such a way as to place her in "reasonable" fear of bodily harm. The court denied mother's motion for reconsideration.

  • Hepburn Twp. v. Mach

    Publication Date: 2021-04-26
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0378

    Defendant demonstrated good cause for the delay in filing a proof of service, so the court granted his request to reinstate the appeal.

  • Haller v. Linner

    Publication Date: 2021-04-19
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0377

    Grandparent had standing to intervene in this child custody matter because mother had previously permitted him to have contact with the minor child, and the parents disagreed about the grandparent's continued contact. The court granted the motion to intervene.

  • Rauch v. Berry

    Publication Date: 2021-04-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0318

    The paternal grandmother of the parties' minor children had standing to intervene in this custody matter where she had assumed the duties of the children's sole parent and had been discharging such duties partially since the children were born and solely since father's incarceration, demonstrating in loco parentis status. The court granted paternal grandmother's petition to intervene.

  • In re: WH

    Publication Date: 2021-03-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0147

    The court terminated father's parental rights where he had not made any meaningful efforts toward reunification and had not seen the child in over a year.