• Smith v. CMS West, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-20
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1002 EDA 2022

    Trial court properly granted defendants' motion to transfer venue to county where accident occurred on forum non conveniens grounds in appellant's negligence and strict liability action for an industrial accident. Affirmed.

  • Walsh v. Toth

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22 CV 96

    Personal injury plaintiff sought partial summary judgment in her action seeking damages for injuries caused by an unrestrained dog. The court granted the motion in part and denied it in part, declaring that defendant dog owner was collaterally estopped from challenging adjudicated findings that his unrestrained dog entered plaintiff's premises and knocked her down the stairs, and that he was negligent per se based upon his conviction for violating the Dog Law.

  • McNichol v. United States

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Federal Government | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Murphy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-2990

    Government moved for partial summary judgment on the issue of damages for lost wages or lost income potential in plaintiff's negligence action and court found government advanced no authority to show that lost wages or lost earning potential were entirely foreclosed by plaintiff's decision not to seek work. Motion denied.

  • Villagran v. Freightbull, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-06
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge McHugh
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-2159

    Defendant tractor trailer owner moved for summary judgment as to plaintiff's punitive damages and direct liability claims for negligent entrustment, supervision, hiring and retention arising from a collision and court found there was nothing to form a basis for punitive damages, evidence of corporate negligence was minimal and defendant admitted truck driver was acting in the scope of his employment. Motion granted.

  • Hobel v. Lynch

    Publication Date: 2023-11-06
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Lawrence
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 10962 OF 2018, C.A.

    Defendant police officer moved for summary judgment in plaintiff's action alleging constitutional and personal injury claims pursuant to the Municipal Police Jurisdiction Act. The court granted defendant's motion.

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  • In re Jones

    Publication Date: 2023-10-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1576 MDA 2022

    Trial court properly vacated 2017 transfer order approving a purchase agreement of petitioner's structured settlement payments in exchange for a lump sum payment because purchaser never made the required lump sum payment and trial court had extraordinary cause to justify its intervention more than 30 days after entry of the 2017 order. Affirmed.

  • Tranter v. Z&D Tour, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Transportation
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge DuBow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1746 EDA 2022

    Trial court erred in ordering transfer on forum non conveniens grounds in action over a serious bus/truck accident because trial court made no finding that the witnesses who provided affidavits and statements possessed testimony relevant to appellees' defenses. Vacated.

  • K.T. v. A Place for Rover

    Publication Date: 2023-10-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: E-Commerce
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Baylson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-02858

    Plaintiffs moved to remand their action over pet owner's surreptitiously filming them while they provided pet sitting services and court found removal to federal court was proper based on reasonable diligence. Motion denied.

  • Jakmian v. City of Philadelphia

    Publication Date: 2023-10-23
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government | Transportation
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Schulman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 201001469

    Personal injury plaintiff appealed trial court's order of non-suit entered in favor of defendants. The court concluded that there was no relief due to plaintiff where plaintiff offered no evidence to support the notion that inactive trolley tracks were a dangerous condition of real estate for bicyclists.

  • Derbyshire v. Aria Health

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Cunningham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 200202192

    In a slip-and-fall case, plaintiff appealed the denial of her motion for post-trial relief, complaining that defendant's failure to file a timely answer to her complaint constituted an admission to its negligence. The court filed an opinion pursuant to Pa.R.App.P. 1925(a) requesting affirmance of its decision finding that plaintiff's allegations of negligence and causation were conclusions of law, not factual averments, and defendant's failure to answer them did not constitute an admission.