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  • Vargas v. United Modular Enter., LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
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    Case Number: 2022-05051

    Appellant filed an appeal challenging the court's order sustaining preliminary objections raised by appellees and dismissing appellant's complaint with prejudice. The court determined that appellant failed to prove that he made good-faith efforts to timely serve appellees and recommended that its order remain in effect.

  • Falls Twp. v. Police Ass'n of Falls Twp.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
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    Case Number: 2022-00573

    A labor arbitrator lawfully ordered a township to reinstate a police officer that the township had terminated for alleged dishonesty in a discrimination grievance and pending lawsuit. The court thus concluded that it did not err in denying the township's petition to vacate the arbitration award.

  • Smedley v. Smedley

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
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    Case Number: A06-17-60541-ERY-37

    Husband appealed the court's order denying his petitions to modify and terminate alimony. The court recommended that the appeal be dismissed.

  • Kilkenny v. Kilkenny

    Publication Date: 2023-05-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
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    Case Number: A06-12-61169-C

    Mother appealed the court's orders authorizing the prescription and administration of an injection as part of a minor child's gender transition, and its order directing that she undergo a previously-ordered psychiatric evaluation as a prerequisite to a custody evaluation. The court recommended that its orders be affirmed.

  • Smedley v. Smedley

    Publication Date: 2023-05-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
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    Case Number: A06-17-60541-ERY-37

    The court denied appellant's appeal of the denial of his petition to modify/terminate alimony on the basis that appellee was not required to report the income of a sale on a property in a divorce proceeding on the basis that the sale essentially resulted in no profit on the property.

  • Breen v. Breen

    Publication Date: 2022-08-29
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
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    Case Number: 22-0924

    Court affirmed previous order awarding alimony and 529 funds to an ex-wife, finding that the wife was the primary caregiver of the children, and the ex-husband's ability to significantly provide for himself weighed in the favor of wife receiving alimony for a period of four years while she continued to care for the children and look for employment.

  • PB Warminster Plaza, LLC v. Roth

    Publication Date: 2022-08-08
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation
    Industry: Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
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    Case Number: 22-0847

    Even if plaintiff did not waive the issue of attorney fees by failing to appeal an underlying order and failing to comply with Pa.R.App.P. 1925, the company could not avoid a specific contract provision calling for reasonable fees of five percent of the total due under a lease that plaintiff relied on to confess judgment. The court recommended that plaintiff's appeal be quashed.

  • Collins v. Collins

    Publication Date: 2022-07-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
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    Case Number: 22-0669

    Court denied mother's appeal from a trial court decision allowing paternal relatives to have contact with her daughter arguing that this constituted a visitation order which was not in the best interests of her daughter. The court clarified that their order allowing the contact with the paternal relatives was only a contact order arising from father's paternal rights and therefore no separate "visitation order" was issued.

  • Camper v. Werner

    Publication Date: 2022-03-21
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
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    Case Number: 22-0173

    The record supported the court's finding that the marital portion of two assets, profitable athletic clubs, were properly valued at $2.3 million where wife's expert gave credible testimony about the increased value of those assets and the court considered the tax ramifications and expenses of sale associated with the marital portion of those assets. The court recommended affirmance.

  • Camper v. Werner

    Publication Date: 2022-03-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
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    Case Number: 22-0174

    In this 1925(a) opinion, the court held husband had waived the issue of error in the denial of his motion to recuse because he failed to order a transcript of the hearing. Also, his claim of error lacked merit because husband requested the court to remain in the case to assist with settlement discussions. The court requested the appeal be quashed or denied.