• Rivard v. Trip Mate Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-11
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Insurance | Travel and Tourism
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Chagares
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tamara D. Bruno, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman, Houston, TX; Peter M. Gillon, Jesse N. Vazquez, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman, Washington, DC; Brandon R. Harper, Carla M. Jones, Jennifer C. Wasson, Potter Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert L. Ebby, Ronald P. Schiller, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA for appellee.

    Case Number: 22-1554

    The court affirmed the decision of the District Court dismissing an unjust enrichment claim on the basis that an existing enforceable contract between the parties precluded plaintiff's ability to bring an unjust enrichment claim.

  • Camcara, Inc. v. Air Prod. &Chem., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-10
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-2264

    Court declined summary judgment on dispute over supplier's assessment of surcharges where there was evidence the surcharges were imposed in bad faith to prevent buyer from exercising its contractual shop clause rights when the supplier would increase unit costs. Defendant's motion for summary judgment denied in part and granted in part.

  • Sterba v. Daniels

    Publication Date: 2023-03-27
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Zulick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 5396 CV 2022

    In plaintiff's suit for possession of real property occupied by defendants, the parties' pleadings failed to establish key facts surrounding plaintiff's alleged agreement to transfer ownership of her deceased son's property. The trial court denied plaintiff's motion for judgment on the pleadings.

  • Fabri v. Car Lotta Car Sales, LP

    Publication Date: 2023-02-20
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Automotive | Retail
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22 CV 1271

    The court directed the parties to submit their claims and disputes to binding arbitration due to the clear and unambiguous language contained in an arbitration clause provision of an installment sales contract. As the court noted that the claims were subject to arbitration, they held that they lacked jurisdiction and authority to decide the remaining issues in the preliminary objections.

  • Schwartz v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-30
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Real Estate | Transportation
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21 CV 5426

    The court sustained defendant company's preliminary objections to plaintiff's complaint sounding in claims arising under the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause. Specifically, applying basic contract principles, the court found that a settlement agreement binding the parties' predecessors-in-interest barred future litigation regarding the property.

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  • Iron City Constr. Inc. v. Westmoreland Wooded Acres Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-23
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 161 WDA 2022

    Denial of petition to strike lis pendens was not an appealable order as it did not impair property rights and therefore did not fall within the collateral order doctrine. Appeal quashed.

  • Yotov v. Reliable Concrete Repair & Rehab

    Publication Date: 2023-01-23
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 6929 CIVIL 2021

    Defendants did not deny in their answers to various discovery demands that the work they performed on a contract for a concrete foundation was defective, not suitable for its intended purpose and not up to industry standards; therefore, the record was sufficient to demonstrate a breach of contract. The court granted plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment.

  • Lifestyle Real Estate Lender, LLC v. Lifestyle Real Estate I, LP

    Publication Date: 2023-01-16
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Trauger
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2016-03634

    The court dismissed borrower appellant's appeal in a mortgage foreclosure action on the basis that the parties had an express contract stating that New Jersey Law, rather than Pennsylvania law, would apply to determine the parties' remaining contractual obligations under a commercial loan transaction.

  • Page Publ'g, Inc. v. Hemmerich

    Publication Date: 2023-01-16
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 289 WDA 2022

    Trial court properly ruled sua sponte that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction because there was no dispute between the parties in publisher's declaratory judgment action against author asserting an arbitration clause required author to pursue any potential breach of contract claims before an arbitrator. Affirmed.

  • Rinker v. Aponte

    Publication Date: 2023-01-16
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Linhardt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: CV-22-00570

    While the parties' contract gave defendant unilateral discretion to cancel a distributorship contract if it reached the opinion that a distributor was involved in criminal activity, employer was required to have some good faith basis to reach that conclusion, necessitating discovery in this matter. The court overruled defendant's preliminary objection.