• Mertira v. Camelback Lodge & Indoor Waterpark

    Publication Date: 2022-05-16
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0412

    Plaintiff could not recover damages for injuries allegedly suffered in a slip and fall accident on defendants' property during winter conditions where there was no dispute that freezing rain and/or snow was falling as she entered defendant's establishment, while she and her family dined there and for several hours after plaintiff fell. The court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment.

  • Jaworowski v. Erie Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-09
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0410

    The court refused to dismiss plaintiff's bad faith claim against the defendant insurer, which claimed it had legitimate grounds to deny plaintiff coverage based on a lack of residency, where the proffered evidence made the issue of plaintiff's claimed residency questionable but not free from all doubt. The court denied defendant's motion for partial summary judgment.

  • Radzierez v. Kunkle

    Publication Date: 2022-04-25
    Practice Area: Deals and Transactions
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0353

    Plaintiff was entitled to an order freezing one of defendant's bank accounts, which held funds from the sale of certain real property, where the underlying matter involved a dispute over ownership of such funds and the freeze would bar defendant from further dissipating the funds until a final determination on the merits. The court granted plaintiff's emergency motion for special relief.

  • Welsh v. Zoning Hearing Bd. of Stroud Twp.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-04
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0299

    The Stroud Township's Zoning Hearing Board did not abuse its discretion in finding that the chickens kept on appellant's residential property were farm animals rather than household pets and were, therefore, subject to a minimum acreage requirement under a Township zoning ordinance. The court denied the appeal.

  • Wentz v. Blakeslee

    Publication Date: 2022-03-14
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0211

    Summary relief was not warranted in this dog-bite case given the material issues of fact regarding whether defendant had prior knowledge of his dog's alleged dangerous propensities, whether the minor plaintiff provoked the dog and whether defendant could have done anything to prevent the child from having contact with the dog. The court denied defendant's motion for summary relief.

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  • Roverana v. Adam

    Publication Date: 2022-03-14
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0176

    Plaintiff demonstrated the probable validity of his claim to rightful ownership of a dog he shared with an ex-girlfriend, who left the shared residence to enter an in-patient rehabilitation program and who also agreed by text message that plaintiff would retain their two dogs. The court granted plaintiff's request for a writ of replevin pending the final outcome of the lawsuit.

  • In re: Estate of Johnson

    Publication Date: 2022-03-14
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0203

    While objectors did not oppose their deceased mother's husband retaining the rings she wore during her lifetime, they correctly claimed that the rings were part of mother's estate and that they were entitled to one-half of the value of the rings as per their intestate share of the estate where husband retained the rings to bury with mother's ashes. The court granted objectors relief.

  • 296 Washington St. LLC v. Thomas

    Publication Date: 2022-02-28
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0144

    The court held that the required notice to renew the lease was not given by defendant such that she did not have contractual right to remain in the apartment. Possession to plaintiff granted.

  • Wilmington Sav. Fund Soc'y, FSB v. Gil

    Publication Date: 2022-02-28
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0123

    The court held that plaintiff was required to attach to its complaint proof of recording an assignment of the mortgage into the named plaintiff. Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment denied with leave to amend.

  • Hyman v. St. Luke's Hosp.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-17
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-1525

    The court held that plaintiff's complaint, which alleged dates of care, places of care, identified several defendant providers by name and averred that certain agents of defendant hospital and medical group were unknown to plaintiff but known to defendants, possessed sufficient specificity to withstand defendants' preliminary objection. Additionally, plaintiff's claim of corporate negligence directed to defendant physician group and health network did not fail under Pa.R.Civ.P. 1028 (a)(4) because the allegations established that the