• Crook v. Erie Ins. Exch

    Publication Date: 2024-11-01
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Chester County
    Judge: Judge Binder
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2024-00867-TT

    The court overruled the preliminary objections filed by Westfield Insurance, the insurer that insured the passenger in a vehicle that was struck by an uninsured motorist.

  • Potts v. Notarianni

    Publication Date: 2024-11-01
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2022 CV 1161

    Defendants filed preliminary objections seeking to dismiss plaintiff prisoner's filings that purportedly asserted allegations of constitutional torts. The court sustained defendants' preliminary objections and dismissed the action, holding that plaintiff never effectuated service of process, nor attempted to do so, within 30 months after initiating his case and before expiration of the governing statute of limitations on his claims.

  • Specialized Loan Servicing LLC v. Poole

    Publication Date: 2024-11-01
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Chester County
    Judge: Judge Binder
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2022-09743-RC

    The court denied the plaintiff's emergency motion for postponement of sheriff's sale filed May 14, 2024. The sale was scheduled for May 16, 2024. Plaintiff supplied no evidence to support its claim that it needed a postponement and would bear readvertisement costs. The court noted that the plaintiff could request a postponement from the sheriff's office directly that would eliminate the need for readvertisement of the sale. Per Pa. R. Civ. P. 3139(b)(1), there is no distinction between relief obtained from the court and relief obtai

  • Auerbach v. City of Philadelphia Law Dep't

    Publication Date: 2024-11-01
    Practice Area: Public Records
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Coyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 00527

    In this §1925(a) opinion, the trial court urged that its March 4, 2024 order denying appellant's motion for bad faith and attorneys' fees and foregoing his bill of costs be affirmed by the Commonwealth Court because it was untimely and lacking in merit. The court included and incorporated by reference its January 3, 2024, order partially granting the City's appeal of the Office of Open Records determination along with its memorandum containing supportive analysis.

  • Lima One Capital, LLC v. Aixian Prop., LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-11-01
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Turner
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 02642

    In a § 1925(a) opinion, the court justified its April 4, 2024, order granting plaintiff's motion for summary judgment against defendant due to its failure to remit required payments on a promissory note secured by a mortgage on real property.

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  • Commonwealth v. Monroe

    Publication Date: 2024-11-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Butts
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: CP-41-CR-0983-2022

    Petitioner sought relief under the Post-Conviction Relief Act after he entered a negotiated guilty plea to one count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. The court gave notice of its intent to dismiss the petition after finding that petitioner failed to raise any meritorious issues in his petition.

  • Engel v. P. Stone, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-25
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Mining and Resources
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Carlucci
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2022-00979

    The court denied plaintiffs' motion for partial summary judgment in a case that sought money damages for breach of a lease that had been in effect for nearly fifty years.

  • Gilbert v. UPMC Williamsport

    Publication Date: 2024-10-25
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Linhardt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: CV 21-00, 169

    Additional defendants filed preliminary objections to defendants' joinder complaint in plaintiff's professional liability action asserting improper and negligent pre- and post-natal treatment to herself and child and court found permitting joinder here, where the statutes of limitations on the claims will not expire until several years in the future and, in fact, had not yet begun to run, seemed to be the most sensible approach and the joinder complaint was sufficiently clear to enable additional defendant doctor to prepare his defens

  • Whaley v. Stella One LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-10-25
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Twardy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1835

    In this § 1925(a) opinion, the court urged the Superior Court to affirm it's order sustaining defendant's preliminary objections to plaintiff's complaint seeking money damages for water damage allegedly caused by defendant landlord or its agents at plaintiff's rental property and to remand the case to the trial court.

  • Estate of Dougherty v. Lamb

    Publication Date: 2024-10-25
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Bright
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 00821

    In this § 1925(a) opinion, the court justified its decision granting judgment to appellants for the investment funds and to appellee for title to decedent's residence in a dispute between surviving siblings.