• Williams v. City of New Castle

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Hodge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 70032 OF 2020, M.D.

    The court granted plaintiffs' motions for summary judgment and denied defendant's motions for summary judgment in two breach of contract cases in which former spouses of city police officers claimed to be entitled to pension payments and survivors benefits.

  • In re 1968 Oldsmobile

    Publication Date: 2024-10-25
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Hodge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 70038 OF 2023, M.D.

    Respondent moved for post-trial relief and court granted judgment for possession and involuntary transfer of a car in favor of petitioner towing company. Motion denied.

  • Commonwealth v. Huffman

    Publication Date: 2024-10-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Cox
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 201 OF 2024

    The court granted defendant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus in part and denied in part.

  • In re: K.A.B.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Acker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20041 of 2023, O.C.-A.

    Petitioner sought involuntary termination of parental rights of respondent natural parents in a dependency action. The court granted the petition, holding that involuntary termination of parental rights was warranted where petitioner offered evidence of, and the record demonstrated, mother's and father's lack of interest regarding their minor child, their noncompliance with permanency plans, their failure to attend drug screening, and their failure to attend dependency action hearings.

  • Galizia v. Galizia

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Hodge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 104 OF 2020, D.R.

    Defendant found in contempt for failure to pay court-ordered support payments and court ordered probation, payment of a fine and a purge payment.

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  • Troutman v. Troutman

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Acker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 10101 OF 2021, C.A.

    The trial court issued its ruling on May 9, 2024, following a hearing on the parties' exceptions to the master's recommendation of Dec. 12, 2022, on the equitable distribution and economic claims in the parties' divorce. The court found a 2020 tax refund to be marital property. IRS-issued stimulus checks received by defendant based on a formula determined by Congress after the separation were not marital property. The court found that a check from Verizon for damage done to the marital residence during the marriage was marital proper

  • Herman v. Robleto

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Hodge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 10095 of 2022, C.A.

    The court overruled defendant's preliminary objections to the fourth amended complaint in this case involving an allegation by one attorney against another attorney of cyberstalking and threatened violence by email, and ordered the defendant to file an answer.

  • Diesel Injection & Parts of I-80, Inc. v. Nagy

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses
    Industry: Automotive | Construction | Transportation
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 10318 of 2021, C.A.

    Defendants sought reconsideration of the court's order precluding their tendered expert testimony regarding the source of defects in a truck engine that plaintiff had rebuilt. The court denied the motion, holding that defendants could not introduce expert opinion testimony regarding defects in the rebuilt truck engine where their expert's report did not attribute the defects to plaintiff's work and stated further that no proper diagnosis of the engine could be made without disassembling the unit, which had not been done.

  • Commonwealth v. Paulin

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 159 OF 2024

    Defendant filed an omnibus pretrial motion consisting of a motion to suppress evidence derived from a motor vehicle stop and a petition for writ of habeas corpus. The court granted the motion and the petition, holding that a state trooper lacked reasonable suspicion to pull over defendant for driving under the influence where a dash cam recording showed that the tires on defendant's vehicle momentarily touched his traffic lane's center line and fog line on several occasions, but without crossing over the lines.

  • Commonwealth v. Weaver

    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: 552 OF 2023

    The court denied defendant's omnibus pretrial motion which included a request for discovery and inspection of evidence as well as a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in all respects and ruled that the case would remain on the March 2024 criminal jury trial term.