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Publication Date: 2024-09-20
Practice Area: Litigation
Industry: Non-Profit | State and Local Government
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
Judge: Judge Higgins
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Case Number: 4898 CV 2022
Plaintiff filed a motion for contempt and sanctions against defendant for defendant's alleged failure to comply with the court's order for turnover of certain firefighting vehicles and equipment. The court granted the motion in part, holding that defendant township volunteer fire company violated the court's order with volition and wrongful intent, and therefore was subject to contempt sanctions, where it stripped fire department vehicles of equipment before complying with the court's order to relinquish title and possession of the ve
Publication Date: 2024-09-20
Practice Area: Real Estate
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Kunselman
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Case Number: 876 WDA 2023
Trial court erred in denying appellants' petition for reimbursement from neighbors for proportional expenses for repairing an easement across appellants' land because under the plain and unambiguous language of the settlement agreement and easement deeds, the easement owners and appellants agreed and covenanted to share the costs of any "maintenance." Reversed.
Publication Date: 2024-09-20
Practice Area: Tax
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Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Dumas
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Case Number: 1457 C.D. 2022
Appellant failed to demonstrate standing to seek distribution of excess tax sale proceeds where appellant never held an ownership interest in the property and the evidence was insufficient to demonstrate that she was the sole heir of the owner's estate. Order of the trial court affirmed, cross-application to quash denied.
Publication Date: 2024-09-20
Practice Area: Real Estate
Industry: Real Estate
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Fayette County
Judge: Judge Vernon
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Case Number: 1986 of 2021, G.D.
Real estate agents and their real estate agency sought summary judgment in buyers' action alleging misrepresentations in the sale of real property. The court denied the summary judgment motion in part and granted it in part. The court held in pertinent part that plaintiffs stated claims for intentional misrepresentation and violation of the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act where evidence created fact questions whether sellers' real estate agent knowingly misrepresented the ownership and legality of a gravel driveway
Publication Date: 2024-09-20
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge McCullough
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Case Number: 871 C.D. 2023
Petitioner sought review of respondent Pennsylvania Parole Board's order affirming its earlier determination recommitting him as a convicted parole violator. The court affirmed, holding that petitioner forfeited his 569 days of parole street time credit when he was recommitted as a convicted parole violator for subsequent violent crimes.
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Publication Date: 2024-09-20
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: Education
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Rufe
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Case Number: 22-2689
Student sufficiently alleged Title VI retaliation claim where she was subjected to disciplinary proceeding initiated by professor's allegations of cheating shortly after submitting discrimination complaints against that professor. Defendant's motion to dismiss denied in part and granted in part.
Publication Date: 2024-09-20
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Industry: Education | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Beetlestone
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Case Number: 24-2212
Defamation claims arising from letter authored by party's counsel to outline the party's legal position in response to claims of misconduct were barred by privilege. Defendant's motion to dismiss granted in part and denied in part.
Publication Date: 2024-09-20
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Kunselman
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Case Number: 140 MDA 2024
Appellant appealed from the trial court's judgment of sentence entered on his conviction of crimes charged after he was pulled over for driving with a license plate cover. The court affirmed, holding in pertinent part that the trial court properly denied appellant's motion to suppress where police had probable cause to suspect that he violated the license plate cover law as it existed at the time of the stop.
Publication Date: 2024-09-20
Practice Area: Class Actions
Industry: Financial Services and Banking
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Perez
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Case Number: 22-2139
Plaintiff moved to certify a class for a Fair Credit Reporting Act Section 1861e(c) claim in his putative class action against defendants. The court denied the motion, holding that plaintiff failed to demonstrate the class certification requirements of numerosity and ascertainability where a credit card issuer had closed thousands of credit card accounts based not only upon adverse reports generated by defendants, but in reliance upon other sources of information as well.
Publication Date: 2024-09-20
Practice Area: Antitrust
Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Pharmaceuticals
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Bartle
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Case Number: 19-3565
Court denied plaintiffs' motion to compel defendants' election of the subjective beliefs they intended to assert in defense at trial, where plaintiffs had other equally effective means of investigating defendants' intent. Plaintiff's motion to compel denied.
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