• Commonwealth v. Roscoe

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

    Case Number: CP-09-CR-0003810-2020

    The court denied appellant's motion for post-conviction relief on the grounds that there was ample evidence "in the record to support that the plea was entered knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently."

  • Lifestyle Real Estate Lender, LLC v. Lifestyle Real Estate I, LP

    Publication Date: 2023-01-16
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Trauger
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2016-03634

    The court dismissed borrower appellant's appeal in a mortgage foreclosure action on the basis that the parties had an express contract stating that New Jersey Law, rather than Pennsylvania law, would apply to determine the parties' remaining contractual obligations under a commercial loan transaction.

  • In re: Condemnation of Land in Bristol Twp.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-09
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Fritsch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-01250

    The court found for appellee on an appeal challenging service of process for a declaration of taking and declaration of blight. The court disagreed with appellant that service was not proper, finding instead that appellee had made sufficient efforts to properly serve appellant. The court further found that appellant failed to timely respond to appellee's preliminary objections and further failed to file a request for good cause to show why the filing was untimely.

  • Murray v. Applegate

    Publication Date: 2022-12-12
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Trauger
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2020-02103-40

    The court found for plaintiff landowner who sought to eject previous owners who failed to vacate the property following a foreclosure action and judgment. The court was persuaded by the fact that plaintiff established a clear chain of title and further dismissed defendants' arguments of fraud as barred by the doctrine of collateral estoppel.

  • Commonwealth v. Ralston

    Publication Date: 2022-12-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Finley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: CP-09-CR-0000178-2022

    As there was no opposition to defendant's participation in the Recidivism Risk Reduction Incentive Program, the court recommended that the case be remanded upon defendant's appeal for resentencing in accordance with the appropriate RRRI minimum upon demonstrated eligibility. The trial court sought remand for resentencing.

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  • Residential Capital Partners Secured Loan Fund VIII LLC v. CTS3, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-12-12
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McHugh
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2019-05638

    Defendant failed to cite any authority for, or persuade the court of, the proposition that its filing of a last-minute temporary restraining order precluded the sheriff from continuing with a scheduled sale of a foreclosed property, as the filing was clearly an attempt to once again postpone the sale. The trial court recommended affirmance.

  • Bertino v. Tax Claim Bureau of Bucks County

    Publication Date: 2022-12-05
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Corr
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2019-02119

    Court denied petition to set aside a sheriff's tax sale finding that the Tax Claim Bureau properly noticed petitioner under 75 P.S. §5860.602 by sending notice by United States registered mail, posting a notice of sale on each of the properties and publishing notice of the tax upset sale in the local newspaper.

  • Townsend v. Northampton Twp.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-05
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Trauger
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2009-07868

    The court denied appellant's appeal, holding that funds the municipal employer contributed to appellant's deferred compensation plan were subject to forfeiture under the Public Employee Pension Forfeiture Act. The court pointed to precedent holding that an employee who breaches his contract forfeits his right to deferred compensation for services rendered in the past.

  • Commonwealth v. Dunkowski

    Publication Date: 2022-11-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Bateman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: CP-09-0000248-2020

    The court sentenced defendant to a term of imprisonment outside her sentencing guidelines where the child neglect at issue, involving young victims who were lucky to be alive, was described by a treating physician as the worst case of neglect he had ever seen. The court recommended affirmance.

  • In re: Estate of Cassidy

    Publication Date: 2022-10-31
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Gilman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2020-E0433

    While a scrivener's error created a potential ambiguity in decedent's conditional bequest to his step-grandchildren, the record made clear that the bequest had been conditioned upon decedent still being married to the step-grandchildren's grandmother and, thus, the divorce and distribution of an equitable portion of the couple's marital assets rendered the bequest null and void. The court recommended affirmance.