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  • Buttaccio v. American Premier Underwriters, Inc. et al

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Litigation | Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Fitzgerald
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    Case Number: 17-1804

    Defendants were entitled to a new trial where plaintiffs counsel made repeated reference to the amount of manpower provided at plaintiffs workplace prior to his injuries in violation of a court order and made an irrelevant and prejudicial reference to the deaths of two fellow railroad carmen during plaintiffs trial. The court reversed an order denying defendants a new trial and remanded.

  • Baird v. 1600 Church Rd. Condo Assoc.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Constitutional Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Surrick
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    Case Number: 17-1803

    Plaintiffs claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act failed because the act did not apply in her action against a private condominium association and did not provide protection for emotional therapy dogs as accommodations for disabilities. The court denied plaintiff injunctive relief and dismissed her case.

  • Commonwealth v. Cook

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Strassburger
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    Case Number: 17-1806

    Defense counsel correctly posited that defendants appeal was wholly frivolous where there was no viable challenge to the legality of his final sentence and no prior challenge to the discretionary aspects of his sentence either at the sentencing hearing or in a post-sentence motion. The court affirmed defendants judgment of sentence and granted counsels petition to withdraw.

  • Croucher v. Sims Automotive et al

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Corporate Entities | Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Northampton County
    Judge: Judge Baratta
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    Case Number: 17-1780

    Plaintiffs complaint failed to sufficiently state a cause of action for piercing the corporate veil of the defendant corporations where it merely recited the four elements necessary to demonstrate such a claim but failed to set forth substantiating facts. The court overruled defendants preliminary objection to allow for discovery.

  • Appeal by Grande Land, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Brobson
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    Case Number: 17-1802

    Pursuant to In re Drumore Crossings, L.P, the minimum requirement established by §504.2 of the North Manheim Townships zoning ordinance only required a special exception applicant to represent that it would employ a sewage disposal system regularly approved by Department of Environmental Protection, not that the department had approved of a specific system. The court affirmed the trial courts order.

  • Commonwealth v. Hunter

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Lovecchio
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    Case Number: 17-1789

    Defendant failed to demonstrate exceptional circumstances to warrant consideration of the effectiveness of counsel at the post-sentencing stage, and no new evidence supported his motion for a new trial. The court denied all of defendants post-sentence motions.

  • Dept. of Corr. v. Pennsylvania State Corr. Officers Assn

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Labor Law
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    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Brobson
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    Case Number: 17-1812

    Arbitration award reducing corrections officers discipline from termination to suspension violated essence test where award stated officer should not perform core function of inmate supervision, thereby infringing on departments managerial rights to have officers without limitations on duties. Arbitration award vacated.

  • Commonwealth v. Derhammer

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 17-1809

    Sex offenders conviction for failing to register new address reversed where sex offender registration statute under which offender was charged was subsequently ruled unconstitutional. Order of the superior court reversed.

  • Commonwealth v. Chmiel

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 17-1808

    PCRA petition was timely under newly-discovered fact exception where defendant asserted FBIs novel admission that its microscopic hair analysis was scientifically. Order of the PCRA court reversed.

  • Wyatt v. Tommys Pizza, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Employment Compliance
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Adams County
    Judge: Judge George
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    Case Number: 17-1783

    An employee exhausted her administrative remedies prior to filing a discrimination lawsuit where she submitted a verified questionnaire regarding her employment discrimination claims and insisted that the agency act on the issues raised in her questionnaire.