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Publication Date: 2021-01-04
Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
Industry: Automotive
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Cox
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Case Number: 20-1339
The court overruled preliminary objections because it had subject matter and personal jurisdiction, and plaintiffs sufficiently alleged the existence of successor liability and fraudulent transfers.
Publication Date: 2020-12-14
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Hodge
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Case Number: 20-1234
Plaintiff's allegations of negligence against the defendant power companies passed muster under Pa.R.Civ.P. 1028(a)(4) as they sufficiently alleged a duty, breach of that duty, a causal relationship with the resulting harm and damages, and they did not constitute vaguely worded, catchall allegations. The court overruled defendant's preliminary objections.
Publication Date: 2020-12-14
Practice Area: Contracts
Industry: Financial Services and Banking
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Motto
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Case Number: 20-1233
Plaintiff was entitled to summary relief on its breach of contract claim where defendants failed to offer proof challenging the accuracy of plaintiff's account statements demonstrating that defendants had incurred over $40,000 in debt and failed to make monthly payments on the balance in accordance with the governing cardholder agreement. The court granted plaintiff's motion for summary judgment.
Publication Date: 2020-11-30
Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
Industry: Health Care
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Motto
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Case Number: 20-1203
The defendant driver's placement of his cane on the driver's seat created a risk that the cane would become lodged on the accelerator level; however, such conduct did not support a claim for punitive damages given the lack of any bad motive evidence. The court granted defendant's preliminary objection.
Publication Date: 2020-11-23
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Industry: Health Care
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Cox
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Case Number: 20-1174
Where plaintiff alleged that defendants did not provide her with proper medical treatment when she appeared at hospital at 26-weeks' gestation and that proper treatment could have prevented the child's death, she sufficiently alleged a duty of care owed to her and a breach of that duty and asserted a viable claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress. The court sustained in part defendants' preliminary objections.
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Publication Date: 2020-11-23
Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
Industry: Construction
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Motto
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Case Number: 20-1176
Plaintiff's negligent entrustment claim was legally insufficient where the complaint lacked any averments to demonstrate that the defendant driver was a habitual unsafe driver or that his employer, the owner of the vehicle, had reason to know the defendant driver was an unsafe driver when it entrusted him with the vehicle. The court granted defendant's preliminary objections in part.
Publication Date: 2020-11-23
Practice Area: Evidence
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Motto
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Case Number: 20-1175
The assistant district attorney prosecuting this case against defendant was permitted to authorize one-party consensual interception of a witness's telephone conversations with defendant and employed a meticulous procedure to ensure that the teenage witness voluntarily provided her consent to the interceptions. The court denied in part defendant's omnibus pretrial motion to suppress.
Publication Date: 2020-11-23
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Hodge
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Case Number: 20-1177
Plaintiffs' complaint contained all the necessary elements of a claim for negligence, so the court overruled defendant's preliminary objection.
Publication Date: 2020-11-16
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Cox
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Case Number: 20-1153
The commonwealth presented sufficient evidence to support a prima facie case with respect to all crimes charged, so the court denied defendant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
Publication Date: 2020-11-16
Practice Area: Family Law
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Acker
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Case Number: 20-1152
The court terminated father's parental rights where he showed no interest in his minor daughter and, through conduct continuing for at least six months immediately preceding the filing of a petition to involuntary terminate parental rights, evidenced a settled purpose of relinquishing parental claim to his daughter and failed to perform his parental duties. The court granted the petition to terminate.
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