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  • Palmer v. Twin City Fire Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Beetlestone
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    Case Number: 17-1818

    Trial court granted insurers motion for summary judgment, in plaintiffs action asserting a failure to defend in an underlying action arising from plaintiffs action in filing a conservatorship petition, because insurers insured civic organization was dismissed from the underlying action with prejudice, plaintiff was not an officer of the organization at the time he filed the petition and the policy contained a duel service exclusion that barred coverage for plaintiff. Motion granted.

  • Commonwealth v. Gawne

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Northampton County
    Judge: Judge Koury
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    Case Number: 17-1781

    Defendant, who ingested Tylenol with codeine prior to entering a guilty plea, failed to establish that the plea was not knowing, intelligent and voluntary where he appeared alert and attentive before the court and gave intelligent answers demonstrating his comprehension of the proceedings. The court recommended affirmance of an order denying defendants motion to withdraw his plea.

  • Underwood v. Kohls Dept Stores, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Retail
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Beetlestone
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    Case Number: 17-1821

    The court granted certification of plaintiffs proposed class of members who were subject to Delaware law but not as to those subject to Virginia law in plaintiffs action alleging unjust enrichment in defendants solicitation of its customers to purchase an identity theft and credit-motoring product when activating their store credit cards because differences in state law under the voluntary payment rule meant that the Virginia class members did not satisfy the predominance requirement under rule 23(b)(3). Class partially certified.

  • Prin v. Bobs Beer & Soda, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Food and Beverage
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Adams County
    Judge: Judge George
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    Case Number: 17-1786

    The purchasers of a business were entitled to injunctive relief enforcing the terms of a no-competition clause, because the provision was unambiguous and reasonable in terms of time and geographic area. The court upheld an attorney fee award against the seller on appeal.

  • Wright v. City of Philadelphia

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Discovery | Privacy
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Pratter
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    Case Number: 17-1814

    Court granted plaintiffs motion to strike defendants motion to enforce a confidentiality agreement regarding homicide files produced in response to discovery in plaintiffs §1983 action over constitutional violations in his arrest, first trial and imprisonment because under the Pansy balancing test, defendants could not assert a blanket claim of confidentiality over 10,000 pages of documents or over all homicide files. Motion granted.

  • Petie, Inc. v. Atiyeh

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Contracts
    Industry: Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Northampton County
    Judge: Judge Sletvold
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    Case Number: 17-1782

    Plaintiff in this tortious interference with contract matter had knowledge of harm more than two years prior to the filing of its complaint. Therefore, the court held the statute of limitations barred this claim.

  • S.N.M v. M.F.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
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    Case Number: 17-1819

    Trial court abused its discretion in ordering genetic testing and finding that father was not childs biological father because father had signed an acknowledgment of paternity as part of a custody agreement that was made an order of the court, 23 Pa.C.S. §5103(a), (d) and (g) governed and established the childs paternity in these circumstances and it could no longer be challenged and father was childs legal father. Reversed.

  • Commonwealth v. Loughnane

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
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    Case Number: 17-1810

    Federal automobile exception to warrant requirement inapplicable to vehicles parked in private driveways, where the inherent mobility of a vehicle justifying the exception was not relevant where the owner normally parked the vehicle. Order of the superior court reversed.

  • Nigro v. City of Philadelphia

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 17-1816

    Trial court properly held that the salary reduction ordinance was not void in its entirety ab initio and the salary restoration ordinance did not retroactively increase the salaries of the commissioners of the board of revision of taxes. Affirmed.

  • In Re: A.S.D.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
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    Case Number: 17-1807

    Trial court erred in denying a name change petition filed by transgendered person, where petitioner had met statutory prerequisites for name change. Order of the trial court vacated, case remanded.