• Mt. Macrina Manor v. Stafford

    Publication Date: 2024-09-13
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Fayette County
    Judge: Judge Cordero
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1546 of 2018, G.D.

    The court denied defendant's motion to dismiss for failure to join an indispensable party pursuant to Pa. R. Civ. P. 1032(b). Plaintiff, a skilled nursing facility that housed defendant's late father, sued defendant for breach of contract and violation of the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act after defendant signed a responsible person agreement, a Mt. Macrina Manor release and acknowledgment and, allegedly in contravention of the contract, received ownership of three parcels of real estate from his father in exchange for $1. Defendan

  • Commonwealth v. Aly

    Publication Date: 2024-09-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Cox
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 648 OF 2023

    Defendant filed an omnibus pretrial motion that included a motion to suppress evidence and pretrial writ of habeas corpus. The court denied the motion, holding that police had probable cause to obtain sequential drug trafficking search warrants for two apartments where a confidential informant made controlled drug buys from defendant's downstairs apartment and, subsequently, defendant and others fled to an upstairs unit as officers arrived to execute the first search warrant. The court held further that the Commonwealth presented evid

  • SBG Mgmt. Serv., Inc. v. Philadelphia Gas Works

    Publication Date: 2024-09-13
    Practice Area: Public Utilities
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Fletman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 01740

    Defendant municipal gas utility appealed the court's order scheduling an injunction petition for hearing while maintaining the status quo of uninterrupted gas service to building residents. The court concluded that its order should be affirmed, holding that it had subject matter jurisdiction, and was not required to defer to the Public Utilities Commission, where plaintiff property owners sought to preserve the status quo, including provision of uninterrupted gas service to low-income tenants, while the parties' other litigation ran i

  • Pugh v. CHHS Hosp. Co., LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-09-13
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Fletman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 01768

    The court granted plaintiff's motion for class certification pursuant to Pa. R. Civ. P. 1710 with respect to claims for violation of the Philadelphia Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards Ordinance.

  • Commonwealth v. McMillan

    Publication Date: 2024-09-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Cox
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 903 OF 2020

    Defendant sought post-trial relief after his conviction on charges of murder and criminal conspiracy to commit murder. The court denied defendant's motion, holding in pertinent part that Commonwealth was properly allowed to amend its information to add the charge of criminal conspiracy on the eve of trial where defendant was afforded the opportunity to file a petition for writ of habeas corpus as a means of challenging the evidence in support of the newly-filed charge.

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  • The Bank of New York Mellon v. Ricks

    Publication Date: 2024-09-06
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Coyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 02491

    In this § 1925(a) opinion, the court defended its order denying defendants' petition to set aside a sheriff's sale of their real property after it was purchased by Chase Capital One, LLC and resold to JWMZ Realty, LLC as a reasonable exercise of the court's discretion. After defendants defaulted in payment, plaintiff filed a Complaint with Notice to Defend to initiate the mortgage foreclosure that was properly served on defendants. There were several attempts to hold conciliation program conferences for which defendants were served wi

  • Moore v. J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-06
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Transportation
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2024 CV 3773

    Plaintiff's amended petition to approve a wrongful death proposed settlement was approved but a petition to seal the judicial record was denied.

  • Hunter v. Goodwill Healthcare Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-06
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Zulick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1147 CV 2024

    The court denied defendants preliminary objections to plaintiff's complaint alleging that his late mother died because defendants failed to provide her with competent home health care.

  • Maiella v. City of New Castle

    Publication Date: 2024-09-06
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Hodge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 70006 of 2023, M.D.

    Appellant appealed the denial of his application for disability pension benefits. The court held that where a city police pension plan ordinance did not expressly require the unanimous agreement of examining physicians as to the nature of an applicant's disability, a disabled municipal police officer met his burden of proof in support of his application for disability pension benefits where a majority of examining physicians concluded that he was disabled on some basis.

  • Commonwealth v. Hirth

    Publication Date: 2024-09-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Cox
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 733 OF 2022

    Defendant filed an omnibus pretrial motion that included a motion for writ of habeas corpus and a motion to suppress. The court denied the motions, holding that the search warrant obtained by authorities for an apartment where defendant was known to reside was supported by sufficient probable cause, and the resulting evidence seized, along with other evidence of defendant's conduct, supported Commonwealth's weapons and drug charges.