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Publication Date: 2020-08-24
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Bender
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Case Number: 20-0905
When a defendant is being sentenced for a non-violent crime, a single prior conviction for a non-enumerated crime of violence does not alone constitute a history of past violent behavior so as to trigger ineligibility for the Recidivism Risk Reduction Incentive Act program; therefore, the trial court erred in finding defendant ineligible for the program. The superior court vacated defendant's judgment of sentence.
Publication Date: 2020-08-03
Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Hodge
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Case Number: 20-0720
The respondent executrix did not meet her burden of proving fair and reasonable attorney fees incurred on behalf of the estate where she produced redacted legal invoices that prevented the court from determining what, if any, relevant services were rendered to benefit the estate. The court of common pleas issued an order surcharging respondent for attorney fees.
Publication Date: 2020-07-20
Practice Area: Judges
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge McLaughlin
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Case Number: 20-0763
The trial court did not err in finding that plaintiff failed to carry her burden to establish substantial doubt about the trial court's ability to preside impartially where she was unable to produce any evidence establishing bias, prejudice or unfairness. The superior court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.
Publication Date: 2020-07-13
Practice Area: Civil Appeals
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Olson
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Case Number: 20-0722
Plaintiff failed to demonstrate that counsel's actions and the procedural posture of the case, wherein plaintiff failed to file a post-trial motion prior to an appeal, involved non-negligent circumstances; however, his motion for leave to file a post-trial motion nunc pro tunc was a legal nullity because the prothonotary failed to comply with the notice requirements of Pa.R.Civ.P. 236. The superior court vacated and remanded.
Publication Date: 2020-07-06
Practice Area: Tax
Industry: Legal Services | Real Estate
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Crompton
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Case Number: 20-0701
Keystone Opportunity Zone Act permitted businesses to move from expired subzones into active zones in the same municipality and continue to receive the tax benefits granted by the act. Petitioner's petition for review granted.
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Publication Date: 2020-05-11
Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Stevens
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Case Number: 20-0432
Trial court properly dismissed petition to confirm arbitration award where another trial court had ordered the parties to arbitration and therefore had venue over all appeals from that arbitration award. Order of the trial court affirmed.
Publication Date: 2020-05-11
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Mundy
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Case Number: 20-0483
Court agreed that disbarment was warranted where attorney was found guilty of violations of multiple rules of professional conduct for having a sexual relationship with a client while representing her and engaging in business transactions with her. Exceptions denied.
Publication Date: 2020-05-11
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
Judge: Judge Zulick
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Case Number: 20-0355
Where defendant, a New York attorney, and his affiliated law firm undertook representation of a client injured in Pennsylvania, they availed themselves of the forum state and established sufficient minimum contacts to support in personam jurisdiction. The court overruled defendants' preliminary objection.
Publication Date: 2020-04-27
Practice Area: Business Torts
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Stevens
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Case Number: 20-0432
County trial court correctly denied petition to confirm arbitration award in deference to the jurisdiction of another county trial court that had ordered the parties to arbitration. Order of the trial court affirmed.
Publication Date: 2020-04-27
Practice Area: Attorney Compensation
Industry: Legal Services | State and Local Government
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Kearney
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Case Number: 20-0438
Plaintiffs, female trusty inmates, moved for attorney fees in their equal protection and sex discrimination case, defendants objected and court found some objections to billing for paralegal and clerical tasks were well-founded but denied objections seeking to reduce the fee on the grounds that plaintiffs were not prevailing parties. Motion granted in part.
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