• Zipovsky v. City of Hazelton Aggregated Pension Bd.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-25
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Jubelirer
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    Case Number: 1063 C.D. 2023

    The court affirmed the order of the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas that concluded that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over appellant's petition for review of the determination of his retirement benefits when the police union's collective bargaining agreement with the City was the exclusive method of challenging his retirement benefit. It found appellant had standing to grieve his pension benefits under the CBA, and erroneously petitioned the trial court for an appeal rather than engage in the CBA's grievance and arbitrat

  • Cell v. Dep't of Human Serv.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-25
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Jubelirer
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    Case Number: 1527 C.D. 2022

    Where petition for review only challenged the denial of reconsideration but not the underlying order, appellant's focus on the underlying merits of the order and not the abuse of discretion in denying reconsideration was fatal to the appeal. Petition for review denied.

  • Manna v. Dep't of Transp., Bureau of Motor Vehicles

    Publication Date: 2024-10-25
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Automotive | Insurance
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Jubelirer
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    Case Number: 993 C.D. 2022

    Department of Transportation erred in refusing to allow inspection station to resume vehicle inspections after it submitted proof of new insurance coverage that the department ultimately deemed acceptable. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • In Re: Nomination Papers of Constitution Party

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
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    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Jubelirer
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    Case Number: 382 M.D. 2024

    Failure of several candidates to file affidavits did not affect the validity of the candidacy of individuals seeking election to other offices who had submitted their candidate affidavits. Petition to strike denied in part and dismissed as moot in part.

  • E. Liberty Dev., Inc. v. City of Pittsburgh

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Jubelirer
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    Case Number: 358 C.D. 2023

    Trial court had to dispose of party's application for permission for interlocutory appeal to have "acted" on the application; failing to so meant the application was deemed denied, triggering the period for the party to petition for permission to appeal. Defendant's petition for permission to appeal quashed.

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  • Bradford County v. Pasko

    Publication Date: 2024-08-30
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Jubelirer
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    Case Number: 926 C.D. 2022

    Petitioners appealed a decision of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board holding that an employer was not entitled to a pension offset credit where a previously retired employee received workers' compensation wage loss benefits for a work-related injury that occurred after his return to part-time employment with the same employer. The court affirmed, holding that the Workers' Compensation Act's pension offset is not available where a compensable injury occurs within the context of a retiree's subsequent, part-time employment with a

  • Coatesville Area Sch. Dist. v. Chester County Bd. of Assessment Appeals

    Publication Date: 2024-08-30
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Education | Real Estate
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Jubelirer
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    Case Number: 1313 C.D. 2022

    Taxpayer appealed the trial court's order upholding a school district's reliance on a monetary threshold for deciding which property tax assessments to appeal on a cost-effective basis. The court affirmed, holding that the school district's policy did not result in a per se violation of the Pennsylvania Constitution's Uniformity Clause, nor was the policy in violation of the clause as applied by the district.

  • Brooks v. Kelly

    Publication Date: 2024-07-12
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Jubelirer
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    Case Number: 928 C.D. 2022

    Appellant prisoner appealed the trial court's order dismissing as frivolous his complaint asserting constitutional and pandemic safety protocol violations by Department of Corrections personnel. The court vacated and remanded for further proceedings where plaintiff plausibly alleged that prison officials violated the Eighth Amendment by placing him at risk of contracting COVID-19 when they failed to adhere to the Department's COVID-19 safety protocols and retaliated against him for filing associated grievances.

  • Seguro Medico, LLC v. Pennsylvania Ins. Dep't

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Jubelirer
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    Case Number: 805 C.D. 2023

    Petitioners sought review of a letter in which respondent Pennsylvania Insurance Department's declined to vacate consent orders entered into by petitioners. The court quashed the appellate petition for review because respondent's letter was not an appealable adjudication.

  • Meyers v. Dep't of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-07
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Jubelirer
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    Case Number: 33 C.D. 2022

    Half a minute of silence after being read implied consent warnings, in the context of a prior refusal of chemical testing and other belligerent conduct, was sufficient to constitute a refusal to submit to a chemical test. Order of the trial court reversed.