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  • Bailets v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission et al

    Publication Date: 2018-04-10
    Practice Area: Damages | Whistleblower Laws
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0413

    Addressing an issue of first impression, the high court concluded that non-economic damages for items such as humiliation and loss of reputation are available to successful plaintiffs in suits brought under the Whistleblower Law; therefore, the trial court did not err in entering a plaintiffs verdict which included $1.6 million in non-economic damages. The court affirmed the judgment for plaintiff.

  • Commonwealth v. Beaudoin

    Publication Date: 2018-04-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 18-0399

    The appellate court was neither compelled nor required to consider the deceased defendants appeal where neither party sought a decision on the appeal, the interests of justice were not implicated and the appeal did not present any novel legal issues of import to society in general. The appellate court dismissed defendants appeal.

  • Index Realty, Inc. v. Gargano

    Publication Date: 2018-04-10
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Powell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0406

    A former client was entitled to recover for legal malpractice where the attorney failed to appear or notify the client of a scheduled arbitration, and the attorney subsequently refused to turn over the clients file.

  • Consol. Rail. Corp. v. Ace Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-10
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Gantman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0421

    Environmental contamination costs excluded from coverage where insured could not prove it was source of contamination, or whether the contamination occurred outside the term of the relevant policies, or where such costs were in the form of civil penalties. Orders of the trial court affirmed in part and reversed in part.

  • Commonwealth v. Trahey

    Publication Date: 2018-04-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0420

    Delay in responding and investigating motor vehicle accident, lack of manpower to obtain warrant, and natural dissipation of alcohol from bloodstream combined to create exigent circumstances supporting a warrantless blood draw. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Pounds

    Publication Date: 2018-04-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0404

    Defendant was not entitled to withdraw his guilty plea where commonwealth demonstrated it would be prejudiced due to the death of the victim between the time of defendants guilty plea and his motion to withdraw it.

  • Putnam v. Temple Univ. Health Sys.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-10
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Kelly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0428

    Defendant was entitled to summary judgment in plaintiffs age discrimination claim because plaintiff failed to show that defendants legitimate, non-discriminatory reason for not hiring him was pretextual where employment restrictions in his contract with his previous employer prevented defendant from hiring him at the time the position was open. Motion granted.

  • In re Return of Personal Property

    Publication Date: 2018-04-10
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Jubelirer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 18-0424

    Court of common pleas erred in ordering guns and weapons that had been seized for safety to be returned after 13 years because the residual catchall statute of limitations, §5527(b), applied and the petition for the return of the items was untimely. Reversed.

  • Sharabi v. Wiegold

    Publication Date: 2018-04-10
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection | Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Sibum
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0402

    The court overruled defendants preliminary objection based on the gist of the action doctrine, because plaintiff had properly alleged a claim for fraud in the inducement, which implicated a violation of societal duty.

  • Haviland v. Kline & Specter, P.C.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-10
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0417

    Appeal from denial of petition to disqualify or recuse arbitrator was not a final order or interlocutory order appealable as of right. Appeal quashed.