• In re: G.J.Z.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Acker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20007 OF 2023, O.C.-A.

    Petitioner sought involuntary termination of parental rights regarding his nephew, a minor child. The court denied the petition where mother and father exhibited a consistent desire to maintain their parental claim, successfully participated in ongoing drug rehabilitation, and were blocked from access to minor child by petitioner after petitioner was awarded physical and legal custody.

  • Commonwealth v. Schuback

    Publication Date: 2024-06-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2023 CR 1218

    The court made the following rulings on the parties' motions in limine: (1) it suppressed evidence that two prosecution witnesses submitted to polygraph examinations and a computer voice stress analyzer test and their answers were deemed deceptive; (2) statements made by defendant in prison to a fellow inmate were admissible; and (3) defendant's requested impeachment of investigators with questions they posed to him during his post-arrest interrogation that had previously been suppressed was not ripe until the time of trial.

  • Doe v. The Sch. Dist. of Philadelphia

    Publication Date: 2024-06-14
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: Education
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Cunningham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1210 CD 2023

    Defendants appealed the court's order denying their motion for judgment on the pleadings in plaintiff's action alleging sexual abuse by a teacher. The court concluded that its order should be affirmed where defendants' immunity under the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act was subject to retroactive application of the Sexual Abuse exception enacted by the legislature in 2019.

  • In re Estate of Kuhar

    Publication Date: 2024-06-14
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Fritsch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2023-E0229

    The court requested that its decree - lifting the stay of its May 15, 2023 decree granting appellee the authority to decline life sustaining treatment be affirmed.

  • City of Pittsburgh v. Fraternal Order of Police

    Publication Date: 2024-06-14
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Allegheny County
    Judge: Judge Hertzberg
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 263 CD 2024

    The court issued an opinion in support of its Feb. 15, 2024 order denying the City of Pittsburgh's statutory appeal and affirming the decision of an arbitration panel in an employee discipline matter.

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  • Borio v. Cwynar

    Publication Date: 2024-06-14
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Mining and Resources | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 10159 OF 2020, C.A.

    Defendant home sellers sought summary judgment in buyers' action alleging misrepresentations regarding the property. The court granted in part and denied in part defendants' motion, holding that plaintiffs alleged viable claims for fraud and violation of the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, negligent misrepresentation, and breach of contract where plaintiffs claimed defendants failed to disclose known plans for an industrial limestone mine near the home that plaintiffs purchased. The court held that plaintiffs had n

  • Smith v. Rodriguez

    Publication Date: 2024-06-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Transportation
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Carpenter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2127 EDA 2023

    The court filed a §1925(a) opinion in support of its order sustaining preliminary objections to improper venue and transferring the case to Northampton County.

  • Van Horn v. The Giant Co., LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-06-07
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Retail
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Carpenter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2149 EDA 2023

    The court filed a § 1925(a) opinion in support of its order granting defendant's motion to transfer the venue of this slip and fall case to Montgomery County.

  • Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC v. Rivers

    Publication Date: 2024-06-07
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 001402-CV-2020

    Plaintiff sought summary judgment in its action to eject defendant from a residential lot after a mortgage foreclosure. The court denied plaintiff's summary judgment motion where fact issues remained as to whether defendant occupied only the single lot identified and claimed by plaintiff, or instead resided upon multiple lots that might be joined and inseparable.

  • Kalch v. McDougle

    Publication Date: 2024-06-07
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 7907 CIVIL 2023

    Defendant real estate brokerage and real estate agent filed preliminary objections to plaintiff homebuyers' amended complaint. The court overruled the preliminary objections, holding that defendants could not avoid plaintiffs' fraud and related claims at the preliminary objection stage where the crux of plaintiffs' claims was that all named defendants had conspired to conceal the deteriorated condition of the home that plaintiffs purchased.