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Publication Date: 2023-03-06
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Education
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Schmehl
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Case Number: 17-4983
Pursuant to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C., plaintiffs could not recover compensatory damages for emotional distress based on claims brought under Title IX of the Education Amendments, §504 of the Rehabilitation Act and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The court granted in part defendant's motion for summary judgment.
Publication Date: 2023-02-20
Practice Area: Damages
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
Judge: Judge Williamson
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Case Number: 6242 CIVIL 2020
The court opined, based on standards set forth in 2021's Spencer v. Johnson, that the superior court would rule that joint and several liability applied to all defendants, without the limitations of the Fair Share Act, unless the plaintiff had some amount of contributory negligence. The court awarded plaintiff $345,866 in damages.
Publication Date: 2022-11-07
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Federal Government
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
Judge: District Judge Haines
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Case Number: 1:20-2-2
Government sought restitution after defendant pled guilty to conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by committing food stamp fraud and court found government could not show the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service suffered any monetary loss as a direct result of defendant's conduct because the benefits would have been paid out regardless of defendant's fraudulent actions. Motion denied.
Publication Date: 2022-10-31
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Health Care
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
Judge: Judge Nealon
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Case Number: 22 CV 1361
The court granted a motion to strike a lis pendens on the grounds that plaintiff simply sought punitive and compensatory damages and the relief sought did not arise out of allegations concerning the land at issue. Therefore, because plaintiff did not advance any claim in her pleadings regarding any right, title, or interest in the properties, the court granted defendant's motion to strike.
Publication Date: 2022-10-24
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Construction
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Hill
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Case Number: 2436 EDA 2021
Court found against defendants, who raised a statement of matters complained of on appeal challenging the trial court's orders and jury's verdict arising out of a trial for damages stemming from a home repair contract between the parties. Although defendant argued that the court erred in various aspects regarding expert witnesses, the court held that these were harmless errors which did not prevent defendant from presenting their case to the jury.
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Publication Date: 2022-09-19
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Real Estate
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
Judge: Judge Nealon
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Case Number: 22 CV 1166
The court's choice of law analysis in this personal injury case revealed a true conflict given that New Jersey and Pennsylvania laws would not produce the same result on plaintiff's punitive damages claims; thus, Pennsylvania law controlled since the state's policy interests would be furthered by application of its law. The court overruled defendants' preliminary objection.
Publication Date: 2022-09-05
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Legal Services
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
Judge: District Judge Conner
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Case Number: 22-1008
Court heard testimony from 300 witnesses and awarded compensatory and punitive damages to plaintiffs who were improperly sent to juvenile detention facilities by corrupt judges who made wrongful placement decisions as a result of egregious misconduct. Damages awarded.
Publication Date: 2022-06-20
Practice Area: Damages
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas
Judge: Judge Williamson
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Case Number: 22-0579
Plaintiff's complaint for defamation failed to adequately specify how defendant's alleged statements caused harm to plaintiff or entitled him to damages. The court granted preliminary objections but gave plaintiff an opportunity to amend.
Publication Date: 2022-06-06
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Real Estate
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Kennedy
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Case Number: 22-0530
The court awarded plaintiff both consequential and punitive damages in this trespass case where defendant admitted that it did not remove its own chattel and machinery from plaintiff's property due to the cost involved, leaving plaintiff to incur the cost of removal, and defendant acted with reckless indifference to plaintiff's property rights. The court recommended affirmance.
Publication Date: 2022-05-23
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Retail
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
Judge: Judge Nealon
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Case Number: 22-0493
Plaintiff's punitive damages claim and related allegations of willful, wanton and reckless conduct survived defendant's preliminary objections since Pa.R.Civ.P. 1019(b) provides that such conditions of the mind may be averred generally. The court denied defendants' preliminary objections.
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