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  • Ross v. Adm'r E. Jersey State Prison

    Publication Date: 2024-10-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Phipps
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    Case Number: 23-1240

    Appellant Lenny Ross appealed the denial of his Rule 60(b) motion.

  • Dunne v. Elton Corp.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-01
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Montgomery-Reeves
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margherita A. Capolino, Caroline English, Pascal F. Naples, ArentFox Schiff, Washington, DC; Elizabeth Hopkins, Susan L. Meter, Kantor & Kantor, Northridge, CA; Teresa Renaker, Kristen G. Scott, Renaker Scott, San Francisco, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Curtis J. Crowther, Robinson & Cole, Wilmington, DE; Linda L. Morkan, Robinson & Cole, Hartford, CT; Timothy J. Snyder, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, DE; Melissa D. Hill, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, New York, NY; Brian M. Killian, James D. Nelson, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Washington, DC; Russell L. Hirschhorn, Proskauer Rose, New York, NY; John E. Roberts, Proskauer Rose, Boston, MA; Jennifer C. Wasson, Potter Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, DE; Anthony F. Shelley, Theresa S. Gee, Miller & Chevalier, Washington, DC; C. Scott Reese, Cooch & Taylor, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: 23-1499

    Family trust established to pay pensions to domestic employees was not subject to ERISA coverage where it could not qualify as a multiple-employer plan due to the lack of necessary connection between the family members and the family members' lack of involvement in managing the trust.

  • United States v. Wiggins

    Publication Date: 2024-09-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Phipps
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    Case Number: 22-2831

    Appellant appealed his sentence after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.

  • Anne J. W. v. O'Malley

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Carlos
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    Case Number: 22-00448

    Plaintiff appealed defendant's final decision denying her claim for disability benefits. The court granted plaintiff's request for review, vacated defendant's decision, and remanded for further proceedings. The court held that the administrative law judge erred by selectively "cherry picking" medical opinion and other evidence when determining plaintiff's residual functional capacity and rejecting her claim of disability.

  • Burns v. McDonough

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Wolson
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    Case Number: 2:23-cv-01810-JDW

    Defendant moved to dismiss plaintiffs' title VII claims alleging race and sex discrimination and retaliation and court found no evidence for race or sex discrimination but plaintiffs did sufficiently allege retaliation claims based on revoked work assignments. Motion granted in part and denied in part.

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  • Hankle v. Pocono Int'l Raceway, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Zulick
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    Case Number: 2031 CV 2023

    The court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment on plaintiff's slip and fall complaint.

  • Lasak v. Lasak

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Real Estate
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Zulick
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    Case Number: 6896 CV 2023

    The court dismissed the complaint upon defendants' demurrer to the cause of action for breach of a conditional gift, but gave plaintiffs leave to file a second amended complaint. This dismissal followed the dismissal of the first complaint filed by plaintiffs, parents to Lukasz Lasak, seeking the reformation of the deeds to two properties conveyed to the son in fee simple. The parents paid for the properties with the understanding that they would have a life estate in the properties and collect the rent during their lifetimes. The c

  • Patrick v. Velocity Rail Solutions, Inc. (Workers' Comp. Appeal Bd.)

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Wojcik
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    Case Number: 652 C.D. 2023

    Worker was properly denied disability benefits where medical record belied worker's claimed injuries. Order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board affirmed.

  • Feldman v. CP Acquisitions 25, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Beck
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    Case Number: 501 EDA 2023

    Defendant could not qualify as statutory employer where it was not engaged in the production of timber and there was insufficient evidence of a contract to allow it to qualify as a statutory employer entitled to Workers' Compensation Act immunity. Judgment of the trial court affirmed.

  • United States v. Whittaker

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Krause
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    Case Number: 24-1206

    Appellant appealed the sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to one count of making a false claim to the United States.