• Collins v. Collins

    Publication Date: 2022-07-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0669

    Court denied mother's appeal from a trial court decision allowing paternal relatives to have contact with her daughter arguing that this constituted a visitation order which was not in the best interests of her daughter. The court clarified that their order allowing the contact with the paternal relatives was only a contact order arising from father's paternal rights and therefore no separate "visitation order" was issued.

  • York v. Galasso

    Publication Date: 2022-07-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Corr
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0672

    The court denied father's petition to modify an existing support order, which he filed less than two weeks after the parties had reached an agreement, because father failed to demonstrate through clear and convincing evidence a material and substantial change in circumstances. The court of common pleas recommended affirmance.

  • Ailac, Ltd. v. PennDOT

    Publication Date: 2022-06-13
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Automotive | State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Waite
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0558

    Where the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation pursued two companion cases involving a mechanic and his licensed business, the court found that both matters were controlled by 75 Pa.C.S. §4724 and were, therefore, subject to the original appellate jurisdiction of the courts of common pleas. The court granted in part and denied in part petitioner's appeal.

  • Kliesh v. Benjamin Franklin Plumbing

    Publication Date: 2022-04-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Fritsch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0291

    The court, in this Rule 1925(a) opinion, found that plaintiff/appellant's appeal should be dismissed because the order appealed from was interlocutory and not final.

  • McCafferty Hyundai Sales, Inc. v. Middletown Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-11
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Advertising | Retail | State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Fritsch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0292

    The court affirmed the decision and order of the zoning board that the zoning ordinance did not prohibit a billboard being placed in a township right-of-way. Appeal denied.

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  • Yost v. Murphy

    Publication Date: 2022-04-04
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Trauger
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0300

    The evidence demonstrated the existence of an express grant of a right-of-way and/or driveway easement allowing plaintiff access over defendant's property and notice of that easement, which was specifically identified in a seller's disclosure statement provided to defendant. The court granted plaintiff relief.

  • Camper v. Werner

    Publication Date: 2022-03-21
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0173

    The record supported the court's finding that the marital portion of two assets, profitable athletic clubs, were properly valued at $2.3 million where wife's expert gave credible testimony about the increased value of those assets and the court considered the tax ramifications and expenses of sale associated with the marital portion of those assets. The court recommended affirmance.

  • U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n v. Cao

    Publication Date: 2022-03-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Trauger
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0182

    The court of common pleas lacked jurisdiction to consider defendants' request to reargue a petition to open a default judgment in this mortgage foreclosure suit as they failed to file the necessary post-hearing motions required under Pennsylvania law and improperly sought to revive certain issues in their Rule 1925(b) statement. The court recommended affirmance.

  • Camper v. Werner

    Publication Date: 2022-03-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0174

    In this 1925(a) opinion, the court held husband had waived the issue of error in the denial of his motion to recuse because he failed to order a transcript of the hearing. Also, his claim of error lacked merit because husband requested the court to remain in the case to assist with settlement discussions. The court requested the appeal be quashed or denied.

  • SJW Home Ass'n v. Georgine's Knights, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-21
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Trauger
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0177

    The court denied the plaintiff landlord's complaint for possession of its commercially leased property where the parties' 99-year commercial lease was more akin to a sale rather than a standard nonresidential lease and tenant had acquired an interest essentially having all the attributes of ownership in the leased property. The court recommended affirmance.