• Healey v. Scranton Hospital Company, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-11-08
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2023 CV 1793

    Defendants' joint motion to allow defense counsel to attend the interview portion of neuro-psychological examination of medical malpractice plaintiff denied.

  • Godlewski v. Kelly

    Publication Date: 2024-11-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2021 CV 2195

    Defamation plaintiff sought reconsideration of the court's order granting defendants' motion for summary judgment. The court denied plaintiff's motion, holding in part that plaintiff failed to adduce evidence sufficient to create a genuine issue of material fact regarding the alleged falsity of defendants' published article, which indicated that defendant had a sexual relationship with an underage girl, where uncontroverted evidence showed that defendant had pled guilty to corruption of a minor involving sexual acts with a 15-year-old

  • Potts v. Notarianni

    Publication Date: 2024-11-01
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2022 CV 1161

    Defendants filed preliminary objections seeking to dismiss plaintiff prisoner's filings that purportedly asserted allegations of constitutional torts. The court sustained defendants' preliminary objections and dismissed the action, holding that plaintiff never effectuated service of process, nor attempted to do so, within 30 months after initiating his case and before expiration of the governing statute of limitations on his claims.

  • Celli v. Endless Mountains Extended Care, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-10-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2023 CV 5141

    The court overruled defendants' preliminary objections after finding that plaintiff stated prima facie claims for negligence against defendants, alleged reckless conduct by defendants so that the claims for recklessness and punitive damages would go forward.

  • Rotella v. Cmty. Med. Ctr.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2022 CV 3943

    Medical malpractice plaintiffs filed a motion in limine to exclude the testimony of certain defense expert witnesses. The court granted the motion in part and denied it in part, holding that defendants' corporate liability expert witness would be prohibited from testifying that hospitals were inundated with COVID patients at the time a plaintiff was admitted where the pandemic was unrelated to the care involved in plaintiffs' case.

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  • Hurley v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2022 CV 2064

    Plaintiff filed suit for a declaratory judgment that he held a superior possessory interest over an individual defendant in certain property and that deed ownership in the property should be vested in him. The court held that plaintiff's claimed interest under a municipal delinquent tax sale was not superior to the individual defendant's interest where plaintiff had failed to pay outstanding municipal liens against the property. The court held further that plaintiff was entitled to a refund from defendant city in the amount that he pa

  • 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.

  • Ogden Directories, Inc. v. Pisanchyn Law Firm, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-09
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2023 CV 4561

    Defendant law firm filed preliminary objections to plaintiff's complaint for breach of contract and unjust enrichment arising out of defendant's failure to pay for advertising services. The court overruled the preliminary objections where the factual averments in plaintiff's lengthy complaint, together with over 300 pages of supporting exhibits, sufficiently apprised defendant of plaintiff's claims and essential supporting facts.

  • Selective Way Ins. Co. v. Chen

    Publication Date: 2024-08-09
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Insurance | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2022 CV 1534

    The court sustained defendant's preliminary objection to plaintiff's amended complaint pursuant to Pa. R. Civ. P. 1028(a)(6) due to an arbitration clause in the lease agreement between defendant and plaintiff's insured. The court said it lacked jurisdiction over other claims due to the binding arbitration agreement.

  • Nestor v. Knowles

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2023 CV 2114

    Plaintiff's motion for reconsideration was denied where she waived her right by failing to move for a directed verdict at the close of evidence.