• Roberts v. Pennsylvania State Employees' Ret. Bd.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-02
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Wojcik
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    Case Number: 339 M.D. 2022

    Petitioners asserted the 2017 amendment to the state employees retirement code was unconstitutional under art. V, §§1 and 16(a) of the Pennsylvania constitution and court found it was impossible to calculate an annuity of a defined-contribution retirement plan because it depended on individual choices and future market performance, the amendment did not violate art. V, §16(a) because the changes applied generally to all salaried officers of the commonwealth and petitioners did not demonstrate the 2017 plan was unconstitutional either

  • Weiler v. Stroud Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Wojcik
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1303 C.D. 2021

    Board did not err in determining appellant's services officiating at weddings and using her property for the ceremony and accompanying festivities were "personal services" not permitted in the zoning district, board's description of appellant's use as a "wedding venue" was appropriate and ordinance and its enforcement did not place a substantial burden on her individual exercise of religion. Affirmed.

  • Hollis v. C&R Laundry Serv. LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Wojcik
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    Case Number: 1233 C.D. 2021

    Claimant appealed workers' compensation judge's findings in his workman's compensation claim and court found WCJ did not err in concluding that "left rotator cuff pathology" was not a well-pled allegation and that claimant had fully recovered from all work injuries. Affirmed.

  • In re: Proposed Annexation of Wilkinsburg by the City of Pittsburgh

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Wojcik
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    Case Number: 1376 C.D. 2022

    Trial court did not err in dismissing appellants' petition to initiate annexation under the 1903 annexation law because the specific repeal of the 1903 annexation law within act 42 of 2022 became effective before appellants filed their annexation petition. Affirmed.

  • Almusa v. State Bd. of Med.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Wojcik
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    Case Number: 342 C.D. 2022

    A physician petitioned for review of an order of the State Board of Medicine that denied reinstatement of his medical license. The court affirmed board's denial of reinstatement, in which board refused to retroactively apply Act 53 to petitioner's suspension, which was imposed before Act 53's effective date.

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  • York v. Kanan

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Wojcik
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    Case Number: 626 C.D. 2022

    Trial court did not err in its jury instructions on malicious prosecution and willful misconduct in plaintiff's false arrest and malicious prosecution action because the plain language of the Tort Claims Act and case law did not support his contentions as to willful misconduct and he failed to present facts that would distinguish his case from the prevailing standard as to malicious prosecution. Affirmed.

  • Williams v. Pennsylvania Parole Bd.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Wojcik
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    Case Number: 1151 C.D. 2021

    Parolee contested the recommitment term for his original sentence after he was sentenced on new charges, his parole was revoked and he was recommitted as a convicted parole violator and court found board was well within its discretion when it denied credit for parolee's time spent at liberty, his pre-sentence detention applied to his new charges and service of the remainder of parolee's original sentence began on the date of his recommitment. Affirmed.

  • City of Wilkes-Barre v. Snyder

    Publication Date: 2023-05-15
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Wojcik
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 289 C.D. 2021

    Workers' compensation appeal board properly reversed workers' compensation judge's denial of claimant's petition to reinstate his disability benefits because employer failed to carry its burden to prove claimant's retirement was voluntary where claimant retired after his physician deemed him unable to return to unrestricted firefighting duties due to his work injury. Affirmed.

  • In re Petition of Tax Claim Bureau-Judicial Sale

    Publication Date: 2023-05-08
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Wojcik
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 821 C.D. 2021

    Trial court did not abuse its discretion in holding that 72 P.S. §5860-603 required the tax bureau to offer owner a payment plan for delinquent taxes in a case setting aside a tax sale. Affirmed.

  • In Re: Vacation of a Portion of Paper Mill Rd.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-08
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Wojcik
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 701 C.D. 2017

    Trial court erred in rejecting board of view's report because it substituted itself as the factfinder and reweighed the evidence rather than simply determining whether substantial evidence supported the board's determination. Order of the trial court vacated, order of the board of viewers reinstated.