• Colbert v. Allstate Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-24
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
    Judge: District Judge Arbuckle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 3:20-CV-1066

    Plaintiff moved to compel discovery from defendant insurer in an insurance coverage dispute. The court denied the motion to compel.

  • Farr v. Northrup Quarry

    Publication Date: 2021-02-22
    Practice Area: Attorney Rates and Arrangements
    Industry: Legal Services | Mining and Resources
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
    Judge: District Judge Arbuckle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-0189

    Attorney permitted to withdraw as there was no communication to form an express or implied attorney-client relationship, and the purported client could neither afford to pay the attorney nor wanted his representation. Motion to withdraw granted.

  • Rettzo v. Saul

    Publication Date: 2020-10-26
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
    Judge: District Judge Arbuckle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-1167

    Commissioner properly found plaintiff was not entitled to disability insurance benefits and Administrative Law Judge did not fail to consider her seizures since treatment records said her epilepsy was under excellent control, ALJ properly refused to incorporate into plaintiff's residual functional capacity assessment her testimony that she spent most of her day with her legs elevated to alleviate knee pain, her "anxiety" was a non-medically determinable impairment and was properly excluded from the RFC assessment and there was no medi

  • Deitrick v. Costa

    Publication Date: 2019-02-19
    Practice Area: Discovery
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
    Judge: District Judge Arbuckle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-0191

    Defendant moved for sanctions for plaintiff's failure to produce promised records in an action involving a stolen safe and items that were allegedly in the safe and the court agreed plaintiff would be precluded from testifying at trial regarding the value of items based on alleged receipts, appraisals or other documents which were requested in discovery but not produced and left the issues of curative jury instructions and financial sanctions until after trial. Granted in part and denied in part.