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  • Fabiano v. Christ Movers, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-10-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Transportation
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Slomsky
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 2:24-cv-00842

    Court declined to strike recklessness allegations at pleadings stage where plaintiff alleged sufficient facts to raise a potential inference of recklessness, including defendant's insistence on performing services late at night and the alleged intoxication of its employees. Defendant's motion to dismiss and strike denied.

  • Heidel v. Fowler

    Publication Date: 2024-10-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 1587 MDA 2023

    Court upheld sexual violence protective order where non-consensual touching of the arm or torso was of the variety normally reserved for close, personal, intimate relationships and thus could constitute indecent contact. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Celli v. Endless Mountains Extended Care, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-10-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 2023 CV 5141

    The court overruled defendants' preliminary objections after finding that plaintiff stated prima facie claims for negligence against defendants, alleged reckless conduct by defendants so that the claims for recklessness and punitive damages would go forward.

  • Angus v. Dillon

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Hall
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 01671

    Plaintiff appealed an adverse judgment in her personal injury suit, contending in pertinent part that the court erred in admitting evidence during trial that one of her causation experts had had his license to prescribe controlled substances suspended. The trial court conceded error on the issue but maintained the Superior Court should affirm where the error did not result in prejudice to plaintiff's case at trial.

  • Henry v. Marcelin

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: E-Commerce | Transportation
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Arteaga
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 24-1891

    Defendant rideshare company sought partial judgment on the pleadings in plaintiff's personal injury action arising from a motor vehicle collision. The court granted the motion, holding that plaintiff's complaint failed to state a claim for negligent hiring or negligent entrustment absent allegations that defendant rideshare company was aware its driver had a propensity for dangerous activity or was unqualified.

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  • Herman v. Robleto

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Hodge
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    Case Number: 10095 of 2022, C.A.

    The court overruled defendant's preliminary objections to the fourth amended complaint in this case involving an allegation by one attorney against another attorney of cyberstalking and threatened violence by email, and ordered the defendant to file an answer.

  • Watson v. Keenan

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Padova
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 03146

    The court justified its decision denying appellant's motions for post-trial relief in this case where appellant sued three police officers for assault and battery, false imprisonment/false arrest, malicious prosecution and abuse of process.

  • Hankle v. Pocono Int'l Raceway, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Zulick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 2031 CV 2023

    The court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment on plaintiff's slip and fall complaint.

  • Feldman v. CP Acquisitions 25, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Beck
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 501 EDA 2023

    Defendant could not qualify as statutory employer where it was not engaged in the production of timber and there was insufficient evidence of a contract to allow it to qualify as a statutory employer entitled to Workers' Compensation Act immunity. Judgment of the trial court affirmed.

  • Kheifetz v. DeFilippis

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Hill
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 02319

    Appellant filed multiple appeals of various of the trial court's orders and an adverse jury verdict in his personal injury action against appellee. The court requested that the appeals be dismissed, holding in pertinent part that appellant's claims were waived for his failure to file a post-trial motion or to mention the issues in his 1925(b) statement. The court held further, that it did not err in granting a defense motion for judgment on the pleadings and dismissing appellant's claims against appellee's wife where appellant alleged