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Publication Date: 2024-03-01
Practice Area: Employment Litigation
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Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Surrick
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Case Number: 23-460
Defendant moved to dismiss plaintiff's employment discrimination complaint. The court granted in part and denied in part defendant's motion, concluding in pertinent part that plaintiff stated a claim for sexual orientation discrimination in violation of federal and state law, but failed to allege claims for discrimination on the basis of sex or disability.
Publication Date: 2024-03-01
Practice Area: Class Actions
Industry: Financial Services and Banking
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Pappert
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Case Number: 204318
Plaintiffs moved for approval of the settlement in plaintiffs' class action asserting defendant violated Pennsylvania law by using deficient disclosure notices and practices in repossessing plaintiffs' vehicles and court found the Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(e)(2) and Girsh factors supported the settlement, the distribution was fair, reasonable and adequate as was the attorney fee and named plaintiff incentive awards. Motion granted.
Publication Date: 2024-03-01
Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
Industry: Construction | Transportation
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
Judge: Judge Mellon
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Case Number: 2021-00887
The court filed a §1925(a) opinion urging the denial of defendant's post-trial motion of the court's order finding defendant liable for breaching an exclusive requirements contract.
Publication Date: 2024-03-01
Practice Area: Constitutional Law
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Todd
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Case Number: 65 MAP 2022
Court vacated commonwealth court's order dismissing appellant's petition and its motion for summary relief in its action seeking to have its elders covered by the clergyman privilege as to mandatory reporting of child sex abuse, because commonwealth court's determinations that appellant did not have standing and that a grant of declaratory relief would not terminate the controversy violated the coordinate jurisdiction rule. Reversed.
Publication Date: 2024-03-01
Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Montgomery County
Judge: Judge Saltz
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Case Number: 2019-18305
The court, in a §1925(a) opinion, provided justification for its award of summary judgment to Fannie Mae and a judgment for possession after an ejectment proceeding that followed a residential foreclosure case.
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Publication Date: 2024-03-01
Practice Area: Real Estate
Industry: Construction | Real Estate
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
Judge: Judge Williamson
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Case Number: 6452 CIVIL 2023
Respondents filed preliminary objections to claimant's mechanic's lien. The court sustained the majority of respondents' preliminary objections, including their preliminary objection that claimant's claim was not timely filed, and dismissed the claim.
Publication Date: 2024-03-01
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Hardiman
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Case Number: 22-3033
District court erred in excluding government's video and photo evidence in child pornography case in favor of a stipulated written description of the evidence and court found district court overestimated the extent to which the written descriptions reduced the exhibits' probative value under Rule 403, it was far from "obvious" that the potentially cumulative nature of the exhibits substantially outweighed the probative value of admitting any of the exhibits and district court erred in not viewing the exhibits before ruling. Vacated an
Publication Date: 2024-03-01
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Per Curiam
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Case Number: 497 M.D. 2018
Petitioner indisputably received sufficient post-deduction due process and Department of Corrections was entitled to judgment in its favor as a matter of law in petitioner's action asserting deprivation of due process in DOC's deduction of court ordered costs from his inmate account. Petition dismissed.
Publication Date: 2024-03-01
Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
Industry: Construction | Legal Services
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Chester County
Judge: Judge Mahon
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Case Number: 2022-01390-IR
The court filed a §1925(a) opinion urging the Superior Court to affirm its order confirming an arbitration award in favor of defendants and denying plaintiff's cross petition to vacate the award in a case in which defendants sought to recover attorneys' fees owed it by plaintiff.
Publication Date: 2024-03-01
Practice Area: Contracts
Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Insurance | Legal Services
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Allen
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Case Number: 00733
Plaintiffs appealed the court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants in plaintiffs' actions for legal malpractice and breach of contract. The court explained that it granted defendants' motions in the consolidated actions where plaintiffs failed to show the existence of a contract or attorney-client relationship between the pertinent parties in a multi-party dispute about negligent handling of a workers' compensation claim.
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