• Chijoke-Uche v. Cobblestone Estates Cmty. Ass'n, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-29
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
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    Case Number: 2024-00562

    In this § 1925(a) opinion, the trial court recommended that appellant's pro se appeal of the court's order sustaining appellee's preliminary objections to the complaint and dismissing the complaint without prejudice be either quashed for lack of jurisdiction and failure to comply with Pa. R.A.P. 1925 or alternatively affirmed.

  • Mikityanskiy v. Moretti

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Social Media
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Baldi
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2022-01833

    Appellant appealed the trial court's verdict in favor of appellee in appellee's action for defamation and related claims. The court requested that the Superior Court affirm its verdict and dismiss the appeal as improperly requested where appellant filed no post-trial motions as necessary to preserve issues for appeal, and where no judgment had yet been entered, from which appellant might appeal in the first instance.

  • Williams v. Evens

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Weintraub
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2021-60296

    Appellant appealed the court's final custody order decreeing that her minor child should remain in the sole legal custody and primary physical custody of appellees, its guardians. The court declared that its order should be affirmed where appellees successfully rebutted the presumption of custody in favor of mother, as biological parent, given that mother had abandoned child shortly after birth and had moved hundreds of miles away by her own volition, while appellees had at all times steadfastly cared for child.

  • Kada v. Northampton Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Gilman
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    Case Number: 2023-01922

    The court concluded that its order affirming appellee zoning hearing board's decision granting property owners' application for a dimensional variance to accommodate a residential "in-law suite" at their home should be affirmed, holding that the record amply supported appellee's conclusion that the requested dimensional variance was the minimum necessary to reasonably accommodate applicants' request without subjecting them to undue hardship.

  • Gdula v. Wasserman

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
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    Case Number: A06-13-61179-C

    Mother appealed the trial court's contempt order requiring her to pay father's attorney fees incurred as a result of the parties' contempt litigation. The court held that it did not abuse its discretion in ordering payment of father's attorney fees where mother repeatedly violated the court's custody orders and committed countless acts of contempt in an attempt to deprive father of visitation and turn the couple's children against him.

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  • Brine v. Schwartz

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
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    Case Number: 2023DR00596

    Appellant father appealed the court's order imposing a monthly child support obligation in favor of appellee mother. The court concluded that its order should be affirmed, holding in part that evidence of father's income and lifestyle supported a net monthly income calculation well above the annual salary figure quoted by father.

  • Lindsey v. County of Bucks

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Trauger
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    Case Number: 2022-01436

    In this § 1925(a) opinion, the court defended its order granting appellee County's motion for reconsideration and finding that it was entitled to judgment as a matter of law in this case in which it was sued for personal injuries sustained by appellant, an inmate in the Bucks County Correctional Facility when he fell as he tried to reach the top bunk in his cell.

  • Branch Banking &Trust Co. v. Bleiler

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
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    Case Number: 2017-01800

    In this § 1925(a) opinion, the court urged affirmance of its order denying a motion for reconsideration of its order denying appellant Russel Bleiler's motion to set aside the sheriff's sale of commercial property in favor of the bank.

  • Giordano v. Ashfield Healthcare, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Weintraub
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2022-06839

    In this §1925(a) opinion, the trial court defended its order sustaining the preliminary objections of appellee Ashfield Healthcare and dismissing appellant's wrongful termination claim with prejudice.

  • Dingle v. Dingle

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2018DR01877

    Father appealed the court's child support order imposing a support obligation. The court recommended that its order, premised upon a wage rate of $15 per hour for 40 hours per week, be affirmed where father remained unemployed after being incarcerated due solely to his failure to explore all of his employment options.