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Publication Date: 2018-05-01 Practice Area:Family Law Industry: Court:Superior Court Judge:Judge Strassburger Attorneys:For plaintiff: for defendant: Case Number: 18-0416
The minor child in this case involving the potential involuntary termination of his mothers parental rights was deprived of his right to counsel where assigned counsel only expressed concern for the childs best interests but did not address the childs preferred outcome. The appellate court vacated and remanded.
Since the plaintiff townships declaratory judgment action against the defendant township was akin to a contract action, the matter was subject to the venue directive of Pa.R.Civ.P. 2013(b) and could be brought only in the county in which the defendant township was located. The court sustained defendants preliminary objection challenging venue.
The moving defendants failed to satisfy their heavy burden of demonstrating that plaintiffs chosen forum in this medical malpractice lawsuit was oppressive to them due to the 20-mile commute for a trial at the Lackawanna County courthouse. The court denied defendant motion to transfer venue.
Even though a tenant had a lease with the housing authority, the gist of the action doctrine did not apply because various laws imposed broader social duties. The real estate exception to sovereign immunity was met, because a dangerous condition arose from the housing authoritys real property.
Plaintiff was the rightful owner of certain property and a billboard thereon since the billboard was a fixture annexed to the property that could not be removed without materially damaging either the realty or the chattel and defendant failed to prove a leasehold interest in the billboard. The court entered judgment for plaintiff in part.
The court dismissed an employers action against an insurer, because the worker compensation policy at issue primarily pertained to Michigan worker compensation law, and did not cover injuries that occurred in connection with a project in Pennsylvania.
Restrictions on inmates receipt of published materials is constitutionally firm where reasonably related to legitimate penological objectives of security and rehabilitation. Preliminary objections sustained, cross-preliminary objections overruled, petition dismissed.
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.
The trial court erred in awarding the defendant insurer to pay plaintiffs $18 million in punitive damages on their bad faith claim and $3 million in attorney fees as the trial courts critical findings were not supported by the record. The court vacated the trial courts judgment.
Transportation network company was entitled to summary judgment in drivers putative class action under the FLSA and the PWMA because the court considered the Donovan factors and determined that drivers did not meet their burden of proof to show that they were employees rather than independent contractors. Motion granted.