• Appeal of: Hawknet Prop., LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-04-10
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Roberts
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1283 CD 2022

    Appellant property owner's evidence of nearby properties' valuations failed to overcome city's initial tax assessment of owner's residential real estate. The trial court recommended its findings as to the property's value be affirmed.

  • Am. Express Nat'l Bank v. Grube

    Publication Date: 2023-04-10
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19 CV 3637

    The court granted a motion for summary judgment in part in a breach of contract claim arising out of defendant debtor's failure to pay credit card balances owed to plaintiff financial institution. Although plaintiff sought judgment in excess of $295,000.00, the court only granted judgment in the amount of $166,769.86 on the basis that this was the amount that was accurately reflected in plaintiff's exhibits.

  • Chipego v. Five Star Bank

    Publication Date: 2023-04-10
    Practice Area: Commercial Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Padilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 02466

    Class action plaintiffs who alleged bank's vehicle repossession notices violated state uniform commercial code requirements for consumer-goods transactions were not entitled to partial summary judgment absent evidence establishing whether class members' vehicles were used primarily for household, familial or personal use. Trial court denied both plaintiffs' and defendants' cross-motions for summary judgment.

  • Volpe v. Am. Alliance Global Trade LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-04-10
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
    Judge: Judge Caffrey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2021-C-0410

    The court granted a motion to dismiss in part in a matter arising out of an alleged breach of contract for work defendant performed on plaintiff's vintage vehicle. The court denied defendant's motion to dismiss the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law claim on the basis that genuine issues of material fact existed between the parties. The court did however grant the motion to dismiss claims sounding in breach of implied warranty of merchantability on the grounds that plaintiff's claims did not fall under the Uniform Comm

  • Brandie v. Sherard

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Fletman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 00480

    Plaintiff was not entitled to set aside a settlement agreement for partition of real property absent any timely objection or evidentiary support for her contention that defendant's appraisal of the property was suspect. In addition, plaintiff failed to timely appeal the trial court's order denying her motion to set aside the settlement agreement. The trial court recommended that plaintiff's appeal be quashed or, in the alternative, that the Superior Court affirm the court's decision.

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  • In The Interest of P.L.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas
    Judge: Judge Acker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 74 OF 2018, D.P.

    The court denied petitioner's request for the involuntary termination of parental rights on the grounds that the agency failed to demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that the requirements of 23 Pa.C.S. §§ 2511(a)(5) and 2511(8) of the Adoption Act were satisfied.

  • Bolus v. Wright

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21 CV 5016

    The court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment and dismissed plaintiff's claim for damages on the grounds that the damage to the property occurred prior to the time plaintiff was in possession of and the owner of the property.

  • Outerlimits Tech., LLC v. Cozen O'Connor

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services | Software
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Finley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2018-01947

    The court affirmed the lower court's order granting defendant's preliminary objections to appellant's complaint in part. Specifically, although the court noted that defendant attorney's conduct amounted to incompetence they did not hold that it rose to the level of professional malpractice.

  • Commonwealth v. Alley

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Gilman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: CP-09-CR-0002046-2022

    The court granted defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained during a vehicle stop on the grounds that the police sergeant did not have probable cause to initiate a constitutionally permissible traffic stop based upon an alleged violation of the vehicle code.

  • G.V. Homes, Inc. v. Frempong

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Younge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 0206

    Defendants' attempts to relitigate matters previously decided by other judges were inapposite where the sole issue in an ejectment action was a tax lien purchaser's right to eject defendants from residential property. The trial court awarded possession to the plaintiff and recommended that its decision be affirmed on appeal.