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Publication Date: 2022-10-10
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Industry: E-Commerce | Technology Media and Telecom | Transportation
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
Judge: Judge Linhardt
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Case Number: 21-00041
The court rejected petitioner's claim that corporate records stored electronically and accessible in Pennsylvania were subject to discovery under 15 Pa. C.S. §1508 since the documents' theoretic accessibility within the state was insufficient to put those documents within the court's jurisdiction and render them "located within Pennsylvania." The court denied petitioner's petition to compel.
Publication Date: 2022-10-03
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Chester County
Judge: Judge Binder
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Case Number: 2021-03084-TT
The court refused to dismiss the defendant township from this suit under Pa.R.Civ.P. 1036, i.e., dismissal upon affidavit of noninvolvement, because the rule did not apply in this personal injury case and the Township failed to cite any other Act of Assembly providing for dismissal from a motor vehicle accident case upon an affidavit of noninvolvement. The court denied a motion for reconsideration.
Publication Date: 2022-10-03
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Industry: Energy
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Jordan
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Case Number: 21-2080
The Third Circuit joined its sister circuits in strictly construing the waiver exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act as requiring strong evidence that a foreign state intended to waive its sovereign immunity, and concluded that defendants, including the King of Saudi Arabia, had not waived such immunity. The appellate court vacated a dismissal order with prejudice for entry of a dismissal order without prejudice.
Publication Date: 2022-09-26
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Industry: Retail
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Shreeves-Johns
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Case Number: 2269 EDA 2021
Court denied a motion for reconsideration/appeal after a complaint filed in Pennsylvania was dismissed following a forum non conveniens motion arguing the wrongful death action should be litigated in Delaware. The court held that the motion was properly granted due to the fact that the product was purchased in Delaware, where defendant-appellee was also incorporated. Therefore, the court held that there was greater access to evidence and witness in Delaware and that Delaware State Courts were better situated to apply their own laws.
Publication Date: 2022-09-26
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Industry: Legal Services | State and Local Government
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
Judge: Judge Nealon
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Case Number: 22 CV 2753
The court declined to hold a hearing on plaintiff's request for a preliminary injunction where defendant had executed a stipulation granting defendant the exact relief he sought, i.e., consent to a stipulation enjoining defendant and her colleagues from accessing the emails and stored data of the Lackawanna County District Attorney's Office. The court issued upon plaintiff a rule to show cause.
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Publication Date: 2022-09-26
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
Judge: Judge Nealon
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Case Number: 21 CV 2465
The court granted defendants' request to transfer venue on forum non-conveniens grounds due to the fact that the accident occurred in the requested venue and the defendant and defendants' employees/witnesses are in the requested venue. The court noted that defendants satisfied their burden of demonstrating that the initial venue was oppressive and the venue defendants sought provided better access to material witnesses and other sources of proof.
Publication Date: 2022-09-26
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Transportation
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
Judge: Judge Nealon
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Case Number: 19 CV 1498
The court refused to seal a proposed settlement and related filings in this wrongful death and survival action as the parties' agreement to seal was not binding on the court and defendants failed to identify any clearly defined, serious injury that they or others would suffer if the judicial records were not sealed. The court denied defendants' petition.
Publication Date: 2022-09-12
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Industry: Accounting | Legal Services
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Allegheny County
Judge: Judge Hertzberg
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Case Number: 22-0896
Defendants were not required to file and serve the pleadings from a pending prior action before they could assert preliminary objections based on the prior pending action since the subject pleadings were public records that were readily accessible through the county's electronic docket. The court recommended affirmance.
Publication Date: 2022-09-12
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Industry: Financial Services and Banking
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Montgomery County
Judge: Judge Saltz
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Case Number: 22-0894
The court refused to grant plaintiff relief from the termination of this case pursuant to Pa.R.Civ.P. 230.2(d)(3) as plaintiff's counsel failed to offer a reasonable explanation or a legitimate excuse for failing to take the required actions under the rule in this mortgage foreclosure suit commenced more than 22 years ago. The court recommended affirmance.
Publication Date: 2022-09-05
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
Judge: Judge Finely
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Case Number: 22-0930
While the COVID-19 pandemic presented some extraordinary circumstances, appellant was granted extra time to file a notice of appeal by emergency order and its failure to file within that extended period was due to its own misinterpretation of the order and decision to wait, not an administrative breakdown or other extraordinary circumstance. The court recommended affirmance.
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