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Publication Date: 2024-07-22
Practice Area: Civil Rights | Labor Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Freeman
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Case Number: 23-1829
Appellant appealed the district court's dismissal of her lawsuit against the New Jersey Department of Human Services under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act as time-barred.
Publication Date: 2024-07-19
Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
Industry: E-Commerce | Hospitality and Lodging | State and Local Government
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
Judge: Judge McMaster
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Case Number: 2022-03220
Appellant property owner appealed the court's order affirming appellee township zoning hearing board's denial of his application for a variance to allow short-term rentals of his property. The court held that its decision should be affirmed where appellant (1) failed to demonstrate the existence of an unnecessary hardship that would entitle him to a dimensional variance; (2) appellee zoning hearing board's superior authority and discretion in denying the variance trumped the conditional use decision of the township board of supervisor
Publication Date: 2024-07-19
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Cannon
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Case Number: 464 C.D. 2023
Police had cause to arrest driver for driving under the influence under the totality of the circumstances, including erratic driving and visible signs of intoxication, supporting driver's license suspension after driver refused chemical testing. Order of the trial court affirmed.
Publication Date: 2024-07-19
Practice Area: Family Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Olson
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Case Number: 2019 EDA 2023
Appellant husband appealed the trial court's divorce decree, arguing that the trial court erred in denying his petition to declare his marriage with appellee wife to be void or voidable. The court affirmed, holding that the trial court did not err in concluding that the parties ratified their premature marriage by participating in a second marriage ceremony after expiration of the three-day waiting period for their marriage license to become valid.
Publication Date: 2024-07-19
Practice Area: Contracts
Industry: Cargo and Shipping
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
Judge: District Judge Fischer
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Case Number: 23-1809
Court granted motion to compel arbitration where plaintiff failed to challenge delegation clause or allege fraud in the procurement of the parties' contract, or show that it qualified for the transportation worker exception. Defendant's motion to compel arbitration granted.
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Publication Date: 2024-07-19
Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Panella
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Case Number: 942 EDA 2023
Incapacitated mother's daughter appealed the county orphans' court's decree finding mother incapacitated and appointing daughter's siblings as guardians of mother's person. The court affirmed, concluding the orphans' court acted within its discretion in light of evidence of mother's preference and the personal care provided to mother by daughter's siblings.
Publication Date: 2024-07-19
Practice Area: Insurance Law
Industry: Insurance
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
Judge: Judge Nealon
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Case Number: 2023 CV 1996
Defendant auto insurer filed preliminary objections contesting subject matter jurisdiction and other matters in plaintiff insured's action for breach of contract and bad faith. The court overruled defendant's preliminary objections except as to venue, on which it ordered discovery and further briefing.
Publication Date: 2024-07-19
Practice Area: Insurance Law
Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Insurance | Real Estate
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Bender
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Case Number: 1340 MDA 2022
Tenants qualified as co-insureds immune from subrogation claim where they had a reasonable expectation that landlord would obtain fire insurance for the leased premises and would look to that insurance for compensation for fire loss as lease made landlord responsible for insuring his interests. Judgment of the trial court affirmed.
Publication Date: 2024-07-19
Practice Area: Real Estate
Industry: Real Estate
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Nichols
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Case Number: 2103 EDA 2021
Appellant family trust appealed the trial court's judgment in favor of appellee in appellee's quiet title action. The court reversed, struck the trial court's judgment, and remanded for further proceedings. The court held that appellant was not required to take immediate interlocutory appeal from the trial court's denial of its petition to strike or open a default judgment, rendering its notice of appeal timely filed after the trial court's entry of a final judgment in favor of appellee. The court held further that appellee's quiet ti
Publication Date: 2024-07-19
Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
Industry: Construction | Real Estate | State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge McCullough
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Case Number: 21 C.D. 2023
Court affirmed trial court's decision striking down condition of issuance of building permits and granting mandamus relief where statutory regulations did not require issuance of highway occupancy permit as condition for building permits and applicant's right to the permits was facially clear. Judgment of the trial court affirmed.
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