• Estate of Walter Edmonds, deceased v. Zandieh

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2500 EDA 2023

    The court reversed the decree of the orphans court denying appellant's petition seeking specific performance of an agreement for the sale of real estate with a beneficiary of an estate.

  • Clay v. First Nat'l Bank

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Allegheny County
    Judge: Judge Hertzberg
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: GD23-8768

    Defendant bank appealed the court's denial of its preliminary objection seeking contractual arbitration of plaintiff's class action suit challenging defendant's overdraft and insufficient fund fees. The court concluded that its order should be affirmed where plaintiff, as a customer of a bank that was subsequently acquired by defendant, never assented to the addition of an arbitration provision and class action waiver to her deposit account agreement.

  • Ottinger v. Bucks County Tax Claim Bureau

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Trauger
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2022-03779

    In this § 1925(a) opinion, the court justified its ruling denying appellant's petition to set aside a tax sale of his property and granting a judgment of possession to Jessica Poltavskiy and urged the Commonwealth Court to affirm because appellant received adequate notice of the sale after two previous upset tax sales were the subject of notice by both posting and personal service.

  • U.S. Bortek, LLC v. Oz Directional Drilling, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Construction | Energy
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Surrick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-5670

    The district court granted a default judgment in US Bortek's payment dispute with Oz Directional Drilling that included attorneys' fees.

  • Estate of: J.L.C.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 502 EDA 2023

    Trial court erred in appointing GAL for an indefinite period in response to petition for appointment of guardian of the person and estate, without making a finding of incapacity. Order of the trial court vacated.

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  • Hartley v. Urban Outfitters, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: E-Commerce | Retail
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Rufe
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-4891

    Plaintiff failed to plead a concrete injury from information collected by tracking software in promotional emails where the information was not disseminated to third parties and was not the type of information that would constitute a misappropriation of image or invasion of privacy. Defendant's motion to dismiss granted.

  • Saint Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Philadelphia v. Saunders

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Non-Profit | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Butchart
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 00071

    In a § 1925(a) opinion, the court urged the Superior Court to affirm its four orders declaring that respondent's property was abandoned and blighted under Act 135, 62 Pa. C.S. § 1101, and appointing petitioner's chosen conservator to remediate the property when respondent's interlocutory appeal was filed without authorization and when he failed to provide the court with an adequate statement of errors complained of on appeal under §1925(b).

  • Yurek v. Bauer

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Allegheny County
    Judge: Judge Hertzberg
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: GD18-12387

    Plaintiff and defendant cross-appealed the trial court's judgment on a jury verdict in plaintiff's action for personal injury. The court concluded that its judgment should be affirmed where, in pertinent part, it properly declined to reduce the jury's verdict for plaintiff's medical expenses pursuant to Act 6's cost containment provision because plaintiff's expenses were incurred for surgery outside Pennsylvania by a provider who was not a licensed provider in the Commonwealth.

  • Commonwealth v. Stevenson

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Brobson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23 EAP 2023

    Appellant challenged the Superior Court's decision that he had forfeited his right to appeal the admissibility of prior conviction evidence at trial after he preemptively introduced the evidence himself. The court reversed and remanded with instructions, holding that a defendant who was unsuccessful in excluding prior conviction evidence via a motion in limine at trial may challenge the trial court's admissibility ruling on appeal after preemptively introducing that evidence at trial.

  • Paydhealth, LLC v. Holcombe

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Kenney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2:24-00259

    Defendant moved to dismiss plaintiff's defamation claim for statements made at an industry conference and court found that although plaintiff was not a "limited public figure" and did not need to plead allegations that could lead to an inference that defendant acted with "actual malice"and, as a private figure who was bringing a defamation per se claim, did not need to plead facts that would support a finding of "special harm"plaintiff still needed to plead allegations that would support a finding of general damages. Motion granted.