• St. Elmo Dev. LLC. v. Zoning Hearing Bd. of the City of Allentown

    Publication Date: 2023-05-22
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
    Judge: Judge Cohen
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2022-C-1511

    The court recommended affirmance of its order affirming in part and remanding in part the Zoning Hearing Board's decision, that found zoning violations committed by appellant and denying variances requested by appellant, where the court found that appellant conceded any contested issues by admitting its violations.

  • Shah v. Funk

    Publication Date: 2023-05-22
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 005693-CV-2022

    Plaintiff, the purchaser of real property, sought to void a purchase contract for real property and recoup his security deposit by raising claims of rescission, breach of contract, fraud, and civil conspiracy against the defendants, companies and individuals involved in the sale. Defendants raised preliminary objections to plaintiff's complaint, which the court overruled and dismissed.

  • Ashley Dev. Corp. Inc. v. BT Stone Hill, LP

    Publication Date: 2023-05-22
    Practice Area: Deals and Transactions
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
    Judge: Judge Varricchio
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2018-C-3121

    In a dispute over a joint venture agreement for a real estate development project, plaintiffs, Ashley Development Corporation Inc, Louis P. Pektor, III, and Greystone Capital Inc, sought to collect a debt owed to them based on contractual agreements or promises made with defendants, VSBT Stone Hill LP and Bruce Thaler. The court did not find sufficient evidence to support plaintiffs' claims, finding no profit-sharing agreement, developer's fee contract, promise of profit-sharing, unjust enrichment, fraudulent or negligent inducement,

  • Reddy v. Vanga

    Publication Date: 2023-05-22
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Energy | Retail
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19 CV 7504

    In a contract dispute, plaintiff alleged that he was entitled to summary judgment against defendants, an individual and his various limited liability companies, for outstanding credit card balances and interest for which defendants were responsible. The court granted summary judgment in part, finding no genuine issue of material fact that the limited liability companies were contractually liable for the credit card balances. However, the court denied the motion as to whether the companies were responsible for any interest on the balan

  • Boyd v. Toll Bros. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-22
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
    Judge: Judge Varriccho
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2022-C-1622

    Petitioners, homeowners, appealed an arbitrator's decision denying them relief regarding water infiltration and moisture damage in their claims against respondent, a home-building company. The court concluded that there was no basis to vacate the arbitrator's decision because the arbitration agreement was valid, and there was no evidence of partiality, corruption, misconduct or a refusal to hear material evidence by the arbitrator.

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  • In re Estate of Mahlstadt

    Publication Date: 2023-05-22
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 143 O.C. 2019

    Decedent's children objected to real property transfers undertaken before decedent's death by their sibling, who had been appointed as decedent's agent under a power of attorney. The court held that the transfers reflected the family's agreement for purposes of Medicaid planning but that after decedent's death ownership was to be shared among all the siblings as tenants in common.

  • Galizia v. Galizia

    Publication Date: 2023-05-22
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Hodge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 10645 of 2019, C.A.

    Additional defendants filed preliminary objections to defendant wife's first amended complaint against them. The court granted the preliminary objections, holding that defendant wife failed to set forth claims for resulting trust, unjust enrichment and constructive trust where her husband's mother transferred the mother's corporate stock, of which the husband allegedly was de facto owner, into an irrevocable family trust that named the husband as trustee and the mother's grandchildren as beneficiaries.

  • Commonwealth v. Farris

    Publication Date: 2023-05-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Hodge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 157 OF 2021, CR

    Defendant filed an omnibus pretrial motion, in the nature of a petition for writ of habeas corpus, alleging Commonwealth failed to present a prima facie case for the financial theft charges levied against him. The trial court denied the motion.

  • Commonwealth v. Procopio

    Publication Date: 2023-05-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 934 OF 2018, C.R.

    Defendant filed an omnibus pretrial motion that included a petition for writ of habeas corpus, a motion for hearing to determine competency of a minor witness, and a motion to suppress the minor witness's identification. The court denied the omnibus motion, finding that the minor witness was competent to testify and that her identification of defendant in a photo lineup was not the result of undue suggestion.

  • Commonwealth v. Thomas

    Publication Date: 2023-05-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Hodge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 345 OF 2022, C.R.

    The court granted defendant's motion to suppress his custodial statements to police, finding that the Commonwealth failed to meet its burden to show that defendant's purported Miranda waiver was knowingly and voluntary.