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  • Merchants Distrib., LLC v. Harold Friedman, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes | Trade Secrets
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Retail
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
    Judge: District Judge Schwab
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0483

    Defendants counterclaims for breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, breach of a confidential relationship and tortious interference in response to plaintiffs breach of contract action failed because defendant failed to allege what contractual obligation plaintiffs purportedly failed to fulfill, there were no allegations that defendant relied on plaintiffs in a confidential capacity and defendant failed to plead any prospective agreement was being contemplated between itself and a third party. Moti

  • Fiumano v. Metro Diner Mgmt. LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-04-24
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Labor Law | Wage and Hour Litigation
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Brody
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0488

    Conditional class certification granted in part where plaintiff able to demonstrate factual nexus between himself and certain members of the proposed class, and where defendants challenge to plaintiffs legal theory was one more properly brought at the summary judgment stage. Motion for conditional class certification granted in part and denied in part; motion to authorize class notice denied.

  • Commonwealth v. Tighe

    Publication Date: 2018-04-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 18-0472

    The trial court did not err in limiting defendants cross-examination of his minor accuser by mandating that standby counsel ask the victim defendants question on cross examination since defendants constitutional rights were not violated by the courts measures. The appellate court reversed defendants conviction on other grounds.

  • In Re: Condemnation by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commn of Property Located in the Twp. of Bensalem

    Publication Date: 2018-04-24
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0478

    Land valuation expert could rely upon hearsay affidavit from adjacent property owners representative that it would have granted access easement for development of condemned land in support of his opinion of propertys highest and best use. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • In Re: Petition of Navarra

    Publication Date: 2018-04-24
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 18-0477

    Orphans court had authority to modify incapacitated persons will to disinherit legatees, since reasonable person in testators place would have responded to spouses breaking of mutually reciprocal wills and elder abuse from his children. Order of orphans court affirmed in part and reversed in part.

  • Finamore v. Saber Healthcare Group, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-04-24
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Cox
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0441

    The court refused to compel arbitration where defendants failed to establish that the person who signed a document containing the arbitration clause was an agent who was authorized by the principal to execute the agreement.

  • Olmeda v. Pachuilo

    Publication Date: 2018-04-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Berks County
    Judge: Judge Lash
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0438

    Mother was entitled to primary physical custody of the parties minor children where 50-50 custody arrangement was not viable due to the childrens school commute and mother was more nurturing and attentive, while father was ambivalent to the childrens needs and sometimes abusive. The court ordered shared legal custody, with mother to have primary physical custody.

  • Schultz v. Schultz

    Publication Date: 2018-04-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 18-0486

    Trial courts equitable distribution order and denial of alimony in the dissolution of a long term marriage was proper because the trial court considered the appropriate factors, including accepting parties stipulation as to the ownership of artworks. Affirmed.

  • Kershner v. Komatsu Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Products Liability
    Industry: Construction | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Rufe
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0480

    Motion to transfer venue granted where district lacked personal jurisdiction over defendants and where more convenient access to evidence and witnesses weighed in favor of transfer. Motion to transfer venue granted.

  • Reed v. Walker

    Publication Date: 2018-04-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Berks County
    Judge: Judge Lash
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0440

    The court properly quashed a subpoena to the opposing partys attorney and imposed sanctions on the attorney who issued the subpoena. Any information possessed by opposing counsel was covered by the attorney-client privilege or was inadmissible hearsay obtained from third parties.