• Sattar v. Reichlin

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Montgomery County
    Judge: Judge Saltz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2022-17987

    The court urged the Superior Court to dismiss plaintiff's appeal of the court's order denying plaintiff's motion for recusal for want of appellate jurisdiction and noted that its decision on the recusal motion was based on established principles of law.

  • Rylka v. Zoning Hearing Bd. of Hamilton Twp.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Higgins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 0037 CV 2023

    The court denied appellants' appeal of the Zoning Board's decision affirming an enforcement notice directing appellants to cease using their property as a multi-family dwelling in an "A" zoning district.

  • Diesel Injection & Parts of I-80, Inc. v. Nagy

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses
    Industry: Automotive | Construction | Transportation
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 10318 of 2021, C.A.

    Defendants sought reconsideration of the court's order precluding their tendered expert testimony regarding the source of defects in a truck engine that plaintiff had rebuilt. The court denied the motion, holding that defendants could not introduce expert opinion testimony regarding defects in the rebuilt truck engine where their expert's report did not attribute the defects to plaintiff's work and stated further that no proper diagnosis of the engine could be made without disassembling the unit, which had not been done.

  • Commonwealth v. Paulin

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 159 OF 2024

    Defendant filed an omnibus pretrial motion consisting of a motion to suppress evidence derived from a motor vehicle stop and a petition for writ of habeas corpus. The court granted the motion and the petition, holding that a state trooper lacked reasonable suspicion to pull over defendant for driving under the influence where a dash cam recording showed that the tires on defendant's vehicle momentarily touched his traffic lane's center line and fog line on several occasions, but without crossing over the lines.

  • Mooney v. Henner

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Djerassi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2207

    Defendant moved to amend his pro se petition to open judgment. The court denied the motion where defendant, after obtaining counsel, offered no new arguments beyond those already considered and rejected by a prior court which had denied his petition in the interim.

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  • Shor, Levin & DeRita, P.C. v. Villari, Kusturiss, Brandes & Kline, P.C.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Montgomery County
    Judge: Judge Rogers
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2007-12707

    Appellants appealed the court's orders finding them in contempt and awarding appellees compensatory and coercive sanctions. The court concluded that its orders should be affirmed where appellants explicitly and repeatedly violated an agreed and stipulated order regarding arbitration between the parties and continued to defy the court while failing to provide complete discovery regarding the amount of sanctions to be imposed.

  • Van Laundry, Inc. v. 835 Corinthian, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Jacquinto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 220201636

    In its § 1925(a) opinion, the court explained that the Superior Court lacks jurisdiction over this appeal of its finding in favor of cross-appellant and against appellant that was contained in a January 23, 2024, order that was received on January 25, 2024, but not entered as a judgment on the docket. The only final order in this case that would be amenable to appeal was the court's May 24, 2024, order denying appellant and cross-appellant's post-trial motions and entering judgment on the docket for which the deadline to file a timely

  • 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:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2031 CV 2023

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

  • Lasak v. Lasak

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Zulick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 6896 CV 2023

    The court dismissed the complaint upon defendants' demurrer to the cause of action for breach of a conditional gift, but gave plaintiffs leave to file a second amended complaint. This dismissal followed the dismissal of the first complaint filed by plaintiffs, parents to Lukasz Lasak, seeking the reformation of the deeds to two properties conveyed to the son in fee simple. The parents paid for the properties with the understanding that they would have a life estate in the properties and collect the rent during their lifetimes. The c

  • Kheifetz v. DeFilippis

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    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