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  • In re: SK

    Publication Date: 2022-03-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-0148

    The court held that natural mother's parental rights should be terminated because she was unable to care for the children based on the volatile relationship she had with the father and her inability to break free from that relationship. Petition to involuntarily terminate rights of the mother granted.

  • Myers v. Mihail

    Publication Date: 2022-03-07
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-0147

    The court sustained plaintiff's preliminary objections to defendant's new matter for lack of factual specificity where it alleged the claim was time-barred and that there was an intervening cause. The court also sustained objections to allegations that were not proper affirmative defenses such as the collateral source rule. Finally, the court overruled plaintiffs' objection to defendant's allegation that consent was given, finding that the allegation contained sufficient facts. Objections sustained in part, overruled in part.

  • Commonwealth v. Tennison

    Publication Date: 2022-03-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Butts
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-0149

    The court held that law enforcement's entry into a home to arrest defendant Artley was unlawful, so all evidence seized upon entry was suppressed and all evidence seized pursuant to subsequently issued search warrants was also suppressed.

  • Harris v. Kriner

    Publication Date: 2022-03-07
    Practice Area: Discovery
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-0146

    The court held that most of plaintiffs' interrogatories seeking information about the defendants and those with knowledge of the facts were proper and should be answered by defendants. However, other information concerning defendants' financial means was objectionable. Objections to plaintiffs' interrogatories overruled in part, sustained in part.

  • Bank of Am., N.A. v. Ramos

    Publication Date: 2022-02-28
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-0114

    The court held that plaintiff's complaint was deficient and should be dismissed because it failed to attach copies of monthly statements showing how defendant's credit card debt amount come to be, including alleged charges and payments. Defendant's preliminary objection sustained.

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  • Commonwealth v. Acosta

    Publication Date: 2022-02-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-0054

    The court held that the facts supporting two separate charges against defendant arose out of a single criminal episode such that the filing of the second set of charges violated the prohibition against double jeopardy. Charges dismissed.

  • In Re TJJ

    Publication Date: 2022-02-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-0055

    The court found that neither the biological mother nor the unknown father performed any parental duties and that there was no bond between the minor and biological parents. Petition for involuntary termination of parental rights granted.

  • Washington v. WCH Prop., LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-02-07
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Linhardt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-0059

    The court ordered that plaintiff be given time to replead her claims under breach of contract, negligence, and violations of the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law for damages caused by an electrical fire in her apartment building. Preliminary objections due to insufficient facts granted with leave to amend.

  • Wurster v. Wurster

    Publication Date: 2022-02-07
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Linhardt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-0060

    The court held that the plaintiffs did not meet their burden of proof that defendant breached his fiduciary duty as executor because they failed to present evidence to show that defendant's transfer of estate funds to a family-owned business was improper. Motion denied.

  • Stetts v. Manor Care of Williamsport PA (North) LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-02-07
    Practice Area: Elder Law
    Industry: Health Care | Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Linhardt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-0057

    The court found that plaintiff's allegations of a violation by the nursing home of a statute designed to prevent a public harm supported his claim of negligence per se, that plaintiff properly pled a fiduciary duty owed by the nursing home to a resident, and that plaintiff could go forward with his request for punitive damages toward the nursing home.