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  • Commonwealth v. Ali

    Publication Date: 2021-05-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Lovecchio
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0467

    The court granted the commonwealth's motion in limine to preclude defendant from introducing evidence regarding collateral or irrelevant matters.

  • Strouse v. Univ. of Pittsburgh Med. Ctr. Susquehanna

    Publication Date: 2021-05-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0470

    Plaintiff was entitled to amend her complaint to correct the name of the hospital she sought to sue and to assert her claim against that entity where the three parties named in her amended complaints were the same entity for purposes of this litigation. The court of common pleas granted plaintiff leave to amend.

  • In re: AS

    Publication Date: 2021-05-03
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0411

    Petitioners provided clear and convincing evidence in support of the termination of father's parental rights, and the court found termination would not destroy any existing bond between father and child. Adoption by petitioners was in the best interests of the child.

  • In re: Estate of Bower

    Publication Date: 2021-05-03
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0412

    The court ordered a decedent's business partner to present a partnership asset for appraisal and to pay the value of decedent's partnership interest to her estate.

  • In re: JW

    Publication Date: 2021-04-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0379

    The court found that petitioners presented clear and convincing evidence in support of their request to terminate the parental rights of a child's two potential biological fathers.

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  • Q.A. v. Y.S.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0380

    Mother failed to meet her burden of proof under 23 Pa.C.S.A. §6102 so as to warrant a final protection from abuse order where the evidence did not support her claim that father acted in such a way as to place her in "reasonable" fear of bodily harm. The court denied mother's motion for reconsideration.

  • Erie Ins. Exch. v. Dodson

    Publication Date: 2021-04-19
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Linhardt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0376

    Where a policyholder had waived the stacking of benefits, the court held that the insurer had no duty to tender underinsured motorist coverage.

  • Haller v. Linner

    Publication Date: 2021-04-19
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0377

    Grandparent had standing to intervene in this child custody matter because mother had previously permitted him to have contact with the minor child, and the parents disagreed about the grandparent's continued contact. The court granted the motion to intervene.

  • In re: BEC

    Publication Date: 2021-04-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0316

    The court granted a petition to involuntarily terminate father's parental rights to make way for adoption where father had demonstrated a settled purpose to relinquish parental claim to his child and "utterly failed" to perform his parental duties for at least six months prior to the filing of the petition. The court granted a petition to terminate father's parental rights.

  • Swank v. Greenaway

    Publication Date: 2021-04-05
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Linhardt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0320

    The court granted defendant's motion in limine based on insufficient methodology and the use of inherently unreliable data, but declined to limit evidence regarding plaintiff's non-economic damages.