• Xi v. Haugen

    Publication Date: 2023-06-19
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Krause
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-2798

    District court properly dismissed appellant's Bivens claims and his fifth amendment Federal Tort Claims Act claim but erred in dismissing appellant's fourth amendment FTCA claim, in action over his arrest for allegedly providing Chinese authorities with sensitive information about super conductor technology, because appellant's fourth and fifth amendment claims arose in a new context and implicated special factors involving national security but fourth amendment FTCA complaint listed discrete instances of agent's knowing provision of

  • Monge v. Univ. Of Pennsylvania

    Publication Date: 2023-06-19
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Education | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Pratter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-2942

    Media organization and author moved to dismiss plaintiff's defamation, false light and civil aiding and abetting claims relating to published articles suggesting she mishandled remains from the MOVE bombing and court found the allegedly defamatory statements were substantially true or non-actionable opinion and plaintiff was a limited public figure and failed to show actual malice. Motion granted.

  • Plourde v. Trussel

    Publication Date: 2023-06-19
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Zulick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2525 CV 2021

    Plaintiff's good faith efforts to effectuate service were apparent and no evidence suggested defendant was prejudiced. Defendant's preliminary objection for improper service of process denied.

  • Irwin v. Neshannock Woods, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-19
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 10457 OF 2022

    The court rejected defendants' argument that plaintiff's claim was legally insufficient based on the open and obvious condition and assumption of risk and ordered the case to trial to determine whether the defendants were negligent and liable for the plaintiff's injuries.

  • Harkins v. Three Monkeys Croydon, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-12
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McHugh
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2019-03333

    In a slip and fall case, plaintiffs appealed the grant of a motion for summary judgment in favor of defendant, a restaurant. The court denied the appeal, finding that plaintiffs' testimony and evidence did not establish causation or meet the requirements for admissible expert testimony.

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  • Monge v. Univ. Of Pennsylvania

    Publication Date: 2023-06-12
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Pratter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-2942

    Court granted university defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiff's defamation, defamation by implication, false light and civil aiding and abetting claims over statement defendants issued about human remains from the MOVE bombing because plaintiff was a limited public figure and failed to show malice or that defendants had doubts as to the truth of the statement. Motion granted.

  • Childs v. Fitness Int'l LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-06-12
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Wolson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2:22-cv-05196-JDW

    Company could not enforce arbitration provision against customer when that provision was contained within terms and conditions on the company's website and the company never provided users with any notice of the terms or that they contained an arbitration clause. Defendant's motion to compel arbitration denied, motion to dismiss granted in part and denied in part.

  • Corter v. Walmart Real Estate Bus. Trust

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Linhardt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: CV-22-00100

    Court sustained defendant's third preliminary objection and overruled defendant's second preliminary objection. Plaintiff's allegations of negligence against defendant in a slip and fall case, resulting in injuries requiring hospitalization where plaintiff's decedent was exposed to COVID-19, were deemed material and appropriate.

  • Irvin v. Wegmans Food Mkt. Inc

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Retail
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Lindhardt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: CV-21-00360

    Plaintiff failed to provide sufficient evidence to hold defendant liable for a slip and fall incident. The court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment and dismissed the case with prejudice.

  • Rouse v. Rosenberg

    Publication Date: 2023-05-29
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 828 WDA 2022

    Trial court properly dismissed plaintiff's action asserting emotional distress from defendants' interference with a dead body where defendants' son killed plaintiff's son and hid the body and defendants concealed their relationship to the gun their son used in the murder and court held neither §868 of the second restatement of torts nor Papieves v. Lawrence, 263 A.3d 118, allowed recovery where a murder victim was missing and defendants allegedly acted as accessories after the fact in some manner, regardless of whether defendants knew