• Saint Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Philadelphia v. Saunders

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Non-Profit | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Butchart
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    Case Number: 00071

    In a § 1925(a) opinion, the court urged the Superior Court to affirm its four orders declaring that respondent's property was abandoned and blighted under Act 135, 62 Pa. C.S. § 1101, and appointing petitioner's chosen conservator to remediate the property when respondent's interlocutory appeal was filed without authorization and when he failed to provide the court with an adequate statement of errors complained of on appeal under §1925(b).

  • Yurek v. Bauer

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Allegheny County
    Judge: Judge Hertzberg
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    Case Number: GD18-12387

    Plaintiff and defendant cross-appealed the trial court's judgment on a jury verdict in plaintiff's action for personal injury. The court concluded that its judgment should be affirmed where, in pertinent part, it properly declined to reduce the jury's verdict for plaintiff's medical expenses pursuant to Act 6's cost containment provision because plaintiff's expenses were incurred for surgery outside Pennsylvania by a provider who was not a licensed provider in the Commonwealth.

  • Nestor v. Knowles

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
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    Case Number: 2023 CV 2114

    Plaintiff's motion for reconsideration was denied where she waived her right by failing to move for a directed verdict at the close of evidence.

  • James v. McManus

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Foglietta
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 01149

    In this § 1925(a) opinion defending the court's grant of defendant's motion to amend judgment, the court pronounced itself "shocked" at the effort of plaintiff's counsel to advance his own misinterpretation of the court's order in an effort to recover $43,300 more for his client than what the court ordered and asked for sanctions.

  • Polanco v. Lehigh Valley Health Network, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2023 CV 1001

    Defendants pediatrician and hospital filed preliminary objections to plaintiffs' medical malpractice complaint alleging injuries to their newborn child. The court overruled the preliminary objections, concluding plaintiffs stated vicarious liability claims against defendants, stated prima facie malpractice claims with allegations of recklessness necessary to support a claim for punitive damages, and set out claims that were factually sufficient to inform defendant hospital of the claims it would have to defend.

  • In re: Adoption of Valliere

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Trauger
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    Case Number: 2023-A9104

    Appellant appealed the court's order denying his petition to adopt an adult son. The court concluded that its order should be affirmed where the parties demonstrated no good cause for proceeding with the adoption absent a relinquishment of parental rights by adoptee's father.

  • Graziano v. Huggler

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2013 CV 2456

    Plaintiff sought reconsideration of the court's order denying her motion for judgment on the pleadings in her action against a former client for breach of the parties' fee agreement. The court denied plaintiff's motion for reconsideration, holding that the former client's factual allegations and admissions established genuine issues of fact that precluded judgment on the pleadings in the attorney's favor.

  • Doyle v. Commonwealth Dep't of Natural Res.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Hall
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    Case Number: 01165

    In this § 1925(a) opinion, the court defended its order granting a nonsuit in plaintiff's personal injury suit against the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources arising from her injuries after plaintiff was kicked by a horse as she tried to retrieve her dog.

  • Credit Trust Under the Will of William R. Cameron

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Trauger
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    Case Number: 2014-E0597

    Appellant brought an interlocutory appeal from the court's order decreeing the scope of a surcharge that it could impose against a self-dealing fiduciary and certain non-beneficiary third-parties. The court concluded that its order should be affirmed where it properly determined that it had authority to impose a surcharge equal to the total financial benefit received by the fiduciary and/or his non-party family members who are not beneficiaries of the trust.

  • B.H. v. S.M.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: A06-16-60222-C-37

    In this § 1925(a) opinion, the court justified its denial of appellant's petition for modification of a custody order that continued sole legal custody and primary physical custody of appellee over child.