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  • Bailets v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission et al

    Publication Date: 2018-04-10
    Practice Area: Damages | Whistleblower Laws
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
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    Case Number: 18-0413

    Addressing an issue of first impression, the high court concluded that non-economic damages for items such as humiliation and loss of reputation are available to successful plaintiffs in suits brought under the Whistleblower Law; therefore, the trial court did not err in entering a plaintiffs verdict which included $1.6 million in non-economic damages. The court affirmed the judgment for plaintiff.

  • Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, P.L.L.C. v. Law Firm of Malone Middleman, PC

    Publication Date: 2018-03-20
    Practice Area: Damages
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
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    Case Number: 18-0279

    Superior court erred in reversing the trial courts award of quantum meruit damages to predecessor law firm because where successor counsel received and retained a benefit from predecessor counsels work, predecessor counsel was entitled to some payment.

  • Mission Funding Alpha v. Commonwealth

    Publication Date: 2017-12-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Tax
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
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    Case Number: 17-1833

    Commonwealth court erred in reversing the board of finances finding that appellees petition for a tax refund was not timely because the actual payment of the tax was the act of transferring money or credits by the taxpayer to the department, not the filing of the annual tax report. Reversed.

  • Doe v. Franklin County et al

    Publication Date: 2017-12-19
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
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    Case Number: 17-1824

    The intermediate court erred in finding that the legislature intended §6111(i) of the Uniform Firearms Act to override high public official immunity and permit targeted liability against a local government agency for breach of the confidentiality provision in that act. The court affirmed an intermediate court order affirming defendants judgment of sentence.

  • Smith v. Bd. of Probation and Parole

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
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    Case Number: 171672

    Commonwealth court panel erred in reversing the parole boards denial of credit to appellee on his state sentence for time he spent on detainer because board properly denied credit under Gaito v. Pa. Bd. of Prob. & Parole, 412 A.2d 568. Reversed.