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Publication Date: 2020-11-30
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Construction | Energy
Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Todd
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Case Number: 20-1297
Superior court properly held trial court abused its discretion in granting a new trial as to all of appellant's damages in action over his injuries from an accidental electrocution and court found there was no per se rule with respect to the types of damages to be considered at a new trial and it was within the discretion of a trial court to award a new trial on all damages or only on certain damages. Affirmed.
Publication Date: 2020-11-16
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Construction
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
Judge: Judge Williamson
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Case Number: 20-1149
Plaintiff adequately stated a claim for special relief based on equitable subrogation, so the court overruled defendant's preliminary objections.
Publication Date: 2020-11-16
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Health Care
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
Judge: Judge Nealon
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Case Number: 20-1151
Decedent's Social Security benefits representative payee could not be held liable in negligence for injuries she suffered when sexually assaulted by another resident of the care home where she lived, as the representative owed decedent no common law duty of care upon which to premise such a negligence claim. The court granted defendant's preliminary objections in part.
Publication Date: 2020-11-16
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Construction
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Olson
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Case Number: 20-1249
Appellants challenged trial court's damages award in action over defective home construction and court found appellants did not present any evidence of diminution in value and there was no error in trial court's award of damages based on the costs of repair. Affirmed.
Publication Date: 2020-11-09
Practice Area: Damages
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Panella
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Case Number: 20-1218
Trial court properly awarded appellant $7,500 for value of tools in a conversion action and trial court did not depreciate the value of the tools simply because they were used for a hobby in its decision finding appellant's valuation of the tools was not credible. Affirmed.
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Publication Date: 2020-10-26
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Real Estate
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Cannon
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Case Number: 20-1158
Trial court erred in sustaining preliminary objections to private/public nuisance claim arising from diversion of floodplain waters by adjoining landowner where such claims could be brought independent of, or as an alternative to, administrative or statutory remedies held by the aggrieved property owner. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.
Publication Date: 2020-08-24
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Health Care
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
Judge: Judge Varricchio
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Case Number: 20-0839
Plaintiffs were entitled to a new trial limited to damages in this medical malpractice case where the jury verdict awarding them$39,000 for past medical expenses but zero damages for pain and suffering, future medical expenses or loss of consortium shocked the court's conscience. The court granted plaintiffs' motion for a new trial.
Publication Date: 2020-08-10
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Education | State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Covey
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Case Number: 20-0860
Trial court erred in finding that the vehicle liability exception to governmental immunity did not apply to fire department's pumping of water from a flooded road because fire department controlled the parts of the pumper truck that removed and redirected water from the roadway, fire department thus "operated" the vehicle and the vehicle liability exception applied. Reversed.
Publication Date: 2020-06-22
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Marston
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Case Number: 20-0642
City's demolition of unsafe structures on plaintiff's property did not constitute due process violation where city had adequate investigation and notice procedures in place and failure to get notice to plaintiff did not itself constitute a policy or custom. Defendant's motion for summary judgment granted.
Publication Date: 2020-05-25
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Automotive
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
Judge: District Judge Horan
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Case Number: 20-0520
The statutory time period for defendant car manufacturer to act upon plaintiffs' proposed dealership sale, as set forth in §12(b) (5) of the Board of Vehicles Act, only began to run upon manufacturer's receipt of allrequired information, not upon the initial submission of the proposal. The commonwealth court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment in part.
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