• C.S. v. Dept. of Human Servs.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 18-0475

    Use of confidential child abuse expungement proceeding testimony in subsequent licensure disciplinary proceeding warranted under due process grounds preliminary objections of the Bureau of Hearings and Appeals overruled.

  • Bennett v. Rose et al

    Publication Date: 2018-04-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 18-0444

    The trial court erred in concluding that plaintiffs motion for reconsideration of a decision in favor of defendant was not a post-trial motion for purposes of Pa.R.Civ.P. 227.1 and that he failed to preserve any issues for appellate review. The appellate court vacated and remanded.

  • York OPA, LLC v. Dept of Transportation

    Publication Date: 2018-04-03
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 18-0398

    Trial court properly found that landowner did not waive its right to raise the issue of a de facto taking, despite its failure to file preliminary objections to DOTs declaration of taking, because the 0.142 acre area that was allegedly a right-of-way was not properly identified and included in the declaration but the trial court did err in determining that an inverse condemnation had occurred because the board of property had exclusive jurisdiction to determine title to property to which the commonwealth held an interest. Affirmed in

  • Crabbe v. Unemployment Compensation Bd. of Review

    Publication Date: 2018-03-13
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Labor Law
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 18-0255

    Employees failure to explain noncompliance with employers requirements, though allegedly based on employers mistaken interpretation of its statutory obligations, supported finding of willful misconduct disqualifying employee from unemployment compensation benefits.

  • Weaver v. Commonwealth

    Publication Date: 2018-03-06
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 18-0232

    Trial court erred as a matter of law in sustaining drivers appeal of the three month suspension of his operating privileges for violating §1786(f), operating a vehicle without the required financial responsibility, because driver pled guilty to violating §1786(f) and admitted that he did not obtain insurance until 17 minutes after the traffic stop was initiated. Reversed.

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  • Public Utility Commn v. Sunrise Energy, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-02-06
    Practice Area: Energy and Natural Resources | Public Records
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 18-0113

    OOR erred in deciding that PUC had to turn over emails in response to a RTKL request because OOR failed to determine on an individual basis whether the emails constituted attorney work product of either the PUC or energy company whose counsel received and sent some of the emails and energy company had to be invited to participate and be given the opportunity to protect its interests. Vacated and remanded.

  • Public Utility Commn v. Sunrise Energy, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-02-06
    Practice Area: Energy and Natural Resources | Public Records
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 18-0114

    OOR erred in deciding that PUC had to turn over emails in response to a RTKL request because OOR failed to determine on an individual basis whether the emails constituted attorney work product of either the PUC or energy company whose counsel received and sent some of the emails and energy company had to be invited to participate and be given the opportunity to protect its interests. Vacated and remanded.

  • Coaldale Borough v. Delaney

    Publication Date: 2018-01-30
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 18-0080

    The trial court erred in granting Coaldale Boroughs petition to quash a police chiefs request for arbitration since the dispute over the injured officers service-related disability pension was arbitrable under the high courts recent ruling in City of Arnold v. Wage Policy Committee of Arnold Police Dept. The appellate court reversed an order granting the Boroughs petition to quash an arbitration request.

  • Valenta v. Workers Compensation Appeal Bd.

    Publication Date: 2018-01-02
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-1893

    WCJ properly granted employers modification petition seeking to reduce claimants benefits based on an earning capacity because the labor market survey and earning power assessment listed six jobs, employers and claimants treating physician both testified that she was capable of performing some type of work, WCJ found employers witnesses more credible and claimants evidence of unsuccessful applications to the jobs listed in the LMS/EPA was relevant but not dispositive with regard to earning power. Affirmed.

  • DeGrossi v. Pennsylvania Dept. of Transp., Bureau of Driver Licensing

    Publication Date: 2017-12-26
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Regulation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-1846

    Drivers license suspension properly set aside due to delay between conviction and suspension attributable to court clerks office, where inquiry on whether to set aside suspension was focused on the prejudice suffered by the licensee due to the delay, rather than the length of the delay itself. Order of the trial court affirmed.