• Mavis Tire Supply, LLC v. Commonwealth Dep't of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Automotive | State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Higgins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 8136 CV 2022

    Petitioner appealed respondent's notice of suspension of petitioner's authority to act as an official safety inspection station. The court granted the appeal in part and denied it in part, holding that while respondent's quality assurance officer provided reliable and credible testimony in support of petitioner's inspection violations, he offered no testimony on the matter of improper recordkeeping, and thus respondent failed to meet its burden of proof on that allegation.

  • Caruso v. Caruso

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14 WAP 2023

    Appellant appealed the trial court's order granting specific performance of a partnership agreement's buy-out provision. The court reversed, holding that the spouse of a deceased business partner who was not an original party to a partnership agreement, nor a third-party beneficiary of that agreement, and where the terms of the agreement did not permit assignment of a deceased partner's interest to a non-party could not be permitted to "step into the shoes" of the deceased partner and enforce the partnership agreement.

  • POM of Pennsylvania, LLC v. BBM N. Am., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
    Judge: District Judge Mehalchick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-CV-00579

    Defendants were entitled to witness immunity from misappropriation claims where defendants had conducted a forensic examination of software to provide expert testimony in litigation. Defendants' motion to dismiss granted.

  • Gehman v. Shawnee Holding, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Manufacturing | Retail
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Higgins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 7233-CV-2022

    The court granted the preliminary objections of plaintiffs to the joinder complaint of defendants.

  • In re Adoption of C.P.D.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge King
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    Case Number: 719 EDA 2024

    Minor child's father, pre-adoptive parents, and adoption agency cross-appealed certain of the trial court's orders concerning child's adoption and father's parental rights. The court vacated the trial court's orders denying confirmation of mother's and father's consents to adoption where mother and father neither revoked their consents in writing within thirty days nor petitioned to challenge the validity of their consents on the basis of fraud or duress within sixty days.

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  • Spring Oaks Capital SPV, LLC v. Toppin

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
    Judge: Judge Johnson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2023-C-0307

    Plaintiff sued defendant to recover funds on defendant's alleged credit card debt. The court entered a verdict in favor of defendant, holding that upon trial plaintiff failed to proffer credible evidence sufficient to sustain the allegations of plaintiff's complaint.

  • Thomas v. Benshaw, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
    Judge: District Judge Cercone
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2:21cv553

    Defendant moved for sanctions and plaintiff filed an "emergency" motion to extend in plaintiff's action alleging discrimination on the basis of race, hostile work environment and retaliation and court dismissed plaintiff's complaint as a sanction for plaintiff's failure to respond to discovery requests and continually filing "emergency" motions to extend the deadline to retain new counsel where over 500 days had passed since court granted plaintiff's counsel's motion to withdraw from the case and plaintiff had failed to respond to dis

  • Commonwealth v. Black

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1601 EDA 2023

    Commonwealth appealed the trial court's order denying its petition to refile charges against appellee. The court reversed and remanded for trial, holding that Commonwealth's evidence regarding appellee's blood test results, his driving, the accident he caused, and his behavior afterward was sufficient to set out prima facie cases of aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence and aggravated assault by vehicle.

  • Clean Air Council v. U.S. Dep't of the Interior

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Public Records
    Industry: Energy | Federal Government | Non-Profit
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Hodge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-2741

    Plaintiff, defendants and intervenors filed cross-motions for summary judgment in plaintiff's suit pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. The court granted plaintiff's motion and denied the motions of defendants and intervenors, holding that defendants and intervenors failed to demonstrate that the disputed documents were confidential commercial information exempt from disclosure under FOIA Exemption 4.

  • Weaver v. Schuylkill County Tax Claim Bureau

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Dumas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1375 C.D. 2022

    The court affirmed the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County denying and dismissing appellant's objections and petition to vacate the Tax Claim Bureau's private sale of appellant's property.