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  • DiBease v. United States

    Publication Date: 2024-09-20
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Jordan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 23-2779

    Plaintiff Walter DiBease appealed the dismissal of his slip and fall claim against the government.

  • Butler v. Nationwide Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-20
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Allegheny County
    Judge: Judge Hertzberg
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 807 WDA 2024

    In this § 1925(a) opinion, the trial court justified his non-jury verdict in favor of defendant Nationwide that was on appeal to the Superior Court.

  • Spring Oaks Capital, LLC v. Rettenmeyer

    Publication Date: 2024-09-20
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Higgins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 218-CV-2024

    Defendant filed preliminary objections to assignee-plaintiff's complaint seeking recovery on a credit card debt. The court dismissed the preliminary objections, holding that plaintiff's complaint was sufficiently specific and legally sufficient, even absent attached writings necessary to satisfy Pa. R. Civ. P. 1019(i).

  • Commonwealth v. Martin

    Publication Date: 2024-09-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: 791 MDA 2022

    Commonwealth appealed the trial court's order granting appellee's post-sentence motions for discharge or alternatively for a new trial on weight-of-the-evidence grounds. The court reversed, affirmed the grant of a new trial, and remanded for further proceedings, holding in pertinent part that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in concluding the jury's verdict shocked its conscience in light of the trial court's review of alternative theories for victim testimony accusing appellee of sexual molestation.

  • Hoss Land Co. v. Thorson

    Publication Date: 2024-09-20
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Beck
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 1551 MDA 2023

    Court found trial court did not abuse its discretion in entering default judgment as a sanction for defendant's willful failure to comply with discovery obligations and withholding records necessary to determine the amount owed on the mortgage at issue. Order of the trial court affirmed.

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  • In the Interest of: R.B.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 230 EDA 2024

    Court found no error in admitting children's school records obtained from the school district under the hearsay exception for records of a regularly conducted activity. Judgment of the trial court affirmed.

  • Rice Drilling B, LLC v. Scott

    Publication Date: 2024-09-20
    Practice Area: Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry: Mining and Resources
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 854 WDA 2023

    Trial court erred as a matter of law in sustaining coal owners' preliminary objection asserting improper venue and transferring the case to Greene county because venue in Allegheny county was proper on appellants' breach of contract, negligent misrepresentation and abuse of process claims relating to oil well drilling. Vacated and remanded.

  • Tobyhanna Twp. v. Tobyhanna Twp. Volunteer Fire Co.

    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
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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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

  • Sensenig v. Greenleaf

    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.

  • City of Philadelphia v. Leverett

    Publication Date: 2024-09-20
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Dumas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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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.