• U.S. Bank Trust Nat'l Ass'n v. Radoi

    Publication Date: 2022-11-28
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 10295 CIVIL 2019

    The court denied defendant debtor's request to open a default judgment in a foreclosure action on the basis that defendants failed to provide a reasonable excuse or explanation for their failure to file a responsive pleading. Although defendants argued that they did not receive proper notice under Pa. R.C.P. 237.1(a), the court disagreed, finding that they had received notice but nevertheless failed to file an answer to the complaint.

  • Custodio v. Mabrantes, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-11-14
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2094 CIVIL 2022

    While the allegations in plaintiff's complaint lacked factual averments to support piercing the corporate veil of the defendant corporation to reach its sole member, the pleading alleged sufficient facts to allow plaintiff's claims against the individual defendant to go forward based upon the participation theory. The court overruled defendants' preliminary objections.

  • Anders v. Water Gap Acquisition Partners, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-11-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 3376 CIVIL 2022

    Plaintiff properly challenged defendants' preliminary objection to his amended complaint as the objection was based on the alleged boundary lines of certain municipalities, i.e., facts which were not yet in evidence, thereby constituting an improper speaking demurrer. The court overruled defendants' preliminary objections in part.

  • Student Loan Solutions, LLC v. Sanchez

    Publication Date: 2022-11-14
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 3430 CIVIL 2022

    Court denied motion for summary judgment finding that although defendant argued plaintiff's claims were barred under the applicable statute of limitations because the last payment on the account triggering the complaint was made more than four years ago, defendant failed to attach any proof of this alleged date to her motion. Accordingly, the court found a genuine issue of material fact still existed.

  • Woolley v. Pocono Med. Ctr.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-14
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 6050 CIVIL 2019

    Court denied defendants' motion to seal the record of settlement, finding that they failed to show good cause to overcome the presumption of openness within the judicial system. Although defendants argued that the settlement would garner unwanted attention from the media and uninterested third parties, the court found that this argument was merely speculative in nature as defendants had failed to point to a single incident of intrusion into their personal or professional lives.

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  • Vindancar, LLC v. Hanyon

    Publication Date: 2022-11-14
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Insurance | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 5564 CIVIL 2016

    Court granted motion for reconsideration and summary judgment finding that defendants were able to show that previous foreclosures and judgments on the property had resulted in a merger, clearing the property's title of liens giving rise to the dispute.

  • Nowak v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2022-10-31
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 317 CIVIL 2021

    The court granted plaintiff's request for specific performance regarding a real estate contract. Defendant failed to appear on the closing date and/or respond to plaintiff's request for enforcement of the contract. Plaintiff had already paid a down payment on the property and was ready, willing, and able to take possession of the property on the closing date. Defendant did not appear at the closing and defendant's whereabouts were unknown. Plaintiff initiated an action, seeking specific performance.

  • Harris v. Sullivan

    Publication Date: 2022-10-17
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1183 CIVIL 2022

    The court overruled plaintiff's objections to defendant's preliminary objections in a matter arising out of allegedly defamatory statements between strangers in line at a store. The court noted that plaintiff failed to plead all of the required elements of a defamation claim, finding specifically that no one at the store knew his name and therefore did not know whom the defamatory statements were referring to. The court further found that plaintiff failed to plead special damages pursuant to Pa. R.C.P. 1019(f).

  • Essington v. Monroe County Transit Auth.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-03
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 5117 CIVIL 2020

    Court granted motion to dismiss filed by property association defendants in a wrongful death claim where plaintiffs alleged defendants negligently failed to ensure a bus stop outside of their gated community was safe. The court granted the motion on the grounds that defendants had no control over where the bus stops were installed and owed no duty to plaintiff on these grounds.

  • Essington v. Monroe County Transit Auth.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-03
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 5117 CIVIL 2020

    Court granted motion to dismiss filed by property association defendants in a wrongful death claim where plaintiffs alleged defendants negligently failed to ensure a bus stop outside of their gated community was safe. The court granted the motion on the grounds that defendants had no control over where the bus stops were installed and owed no duty to plaintiff on these grounds.