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  • Feezle v. Feezle

    Publication Date: 2018-09-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Hodge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-1039

    The court affirmed the master's schedule of distribution of the parties' property in this divorce proceeding, except as to one pension asset. Wife was not in contempt for failing to pay husband's attorney fees where she had the inability to pay.

  • Lamson v. Weyerhaeuser Co.

    Publication Date: 2018-09-11
    Practice Area: Evidence | Toxic Torts
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Fox
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-1037

    Plaintiff failed to provide any evidence that decedent was exposed to asbestos in products manufactured by defendants. Because the jury would have to rely on speculation to find in favor of plaintiff, the court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment.

  • Burgauer v. Mike Perrotta Contractor, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-09-11
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Hodge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-1038

    The court dismissed a third party complaint by a roofing contractor against the manufacturer of roofing shingles. The warranty provision for the shingles in question applied only to the owner of the home on which the shingles were installed, and not to the contractor who installed the shingles.

  • Dobbs v. A Impulse Auto

    Publication Date: 2018-09-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Premises Liability
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Younge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-1059

    The court denied a motion to strike or open a judgment, because defendants were properly served with the summons, complaint and the notice of default. Minor irregularities in the notice of default did not invalidate the default judgment.

  • Sanchez v. Nikparvar

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Carbon
    Judge: Judge Matika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-1010

    The court denied an amended request for an enlargement of time to file a 1925(b) concise statement nunc pro tunc, because defendant failed to provide any factual basis to show why the concise statement was not timely filed in the first place.

  • Deraffele v. City of Williamsport et al

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming
    Judge: Judge Anderson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0996

    Plaintiff could not state a claim for malicious prosecution because his underlying conviction on a ticket for failing to vacate a property constituted conclusive evidence that defendants had probable cause to issue and prosecute the ticket, even though the conviction was overturned. The court sustained defendants' preliminary objections and dismissed plaintiff's complaint.

  • In the Interest of Y.F.

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Carbon
    Judge: Judge Nanovic
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-1005

    In this juvenile court proceeding, the commonwealth's affidavit of probable cause put the juvenile on notice regarding accomplice liability, and the evidence was sufficient to show the juvenile acted in concert with another in connection with an assault.

  • In re: KCG

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming
    Judge: Judge Reynolds McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0995

    Mother and her husband established, by clear and convincing evidence, that father had a settled purpose of relinquishing his parental claim to his daughter and refused or failed to perform his parental duties for a period greater than six months, warranting involuntary termination of his parental rights. The court granted mother's petition seeking to terminate father's parental rights.

  • SBB v. JEB-S

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0997

    The court denied father's motion to modify a custody order to allow the child to change school districts, because the court found the child was performing satisfactorily in her current district and she had already had an individualized educational plan in place there.

  • In re: ARH

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming
    Judge: Judge Anderson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0993

    Mother and her paramour satisfied their burden of establishing, by clear and convincing evidence, that father had a settled purpose of relinquishing parental claim to his daughter and refused or failed to perform parental duties for a period greater than six months. The court granted mother's petition to terminate father's parental rights.