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Publication Date: 2019-08-05
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Motor Vehicle Torts
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
Judge: Judge Zulick
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Case Number: 18-0825
Plaintiffs failed to establish that they attempted service in good faith, so the court dismissed this action as to defendants who were not properly served.
Publication Date: 2019-07-29
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Motor Vehicle Torts
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
Judge: Judge Zulick
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Case Number: 19-0824
Plaintiff failed to serve defendants in accordance with the procedural rules, and defendants did not waive their right to object to improper service by participating in discovery. The court dismissed plaintiff's complaint.
Publication Date: 2019-06-24
Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Kunselman
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Case Number: 19-0726
Trial court erred in sending the question of negligence to the jury in an automobile accident case because defendant disobeyed the second clause of 72 Pa. C.S.A. §3361 by driving at a speed that prevented him from fully braking before striking plaintiff's car and he committed negligence per se. Vacated and reversed.
Publication Date: 2019-06-10
Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
Industry: Automotive
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Hodge
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Case Number: 19-0609
In this motor vehicle accident case, plaintiff failed to allege sufficient facts to support a claim for punitive damages against the other driver and his employer. The court sustained defendants' preliminary objection, but allowed plaintiff to amend.
Publication Date: 2019-06-10
Practice Area: Discovery | Motor Vehicle Torts
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
Judge: Judge Williamson
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Case Number: 19-0600
Defendant was not entitled to summary judgment in this motor vehicle accident matter, because discovery was not yet complete.
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Publication Date: 2019-05-20
Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
Industry: Transportation
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Colins
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Case Number: 19-0567
Trial court did not abuse its discretion in excluding certain evidence or in denying a mistrial and the evidence supported the jury's compensatory and punitive damages award in bus accident case in which company was vicariously liable for driver's action. Affirmed.
Publication Date: 2019-04-01
Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
Industry: Education | Transportation
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
Judge: Judge Williamson
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Case Number: 19-0302
The motor vehicle exception to immunity under the Political Subdivision Tort Claim Act did not apply in this case as to the possession or control of a school bus since the Act does not consider independent contractors to be governmental employees for the purpose of immunity. The court sustained the defendant school district's preliminary objections.
Publication Date: 2019-03-25
Practice Area: Damages | Motor Vehicle Torts
Industry: Transportation
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
Judge: Judge Williamson
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Case Number: 19-0307
Defendants correctly asserted that plaintiff failed to assert a viable claim of punitive damages against the defendant employer and that in the absence of a viable claim for punitive damages, plaintiff's claims for negligent entrustment, hiring and retention against employer must be dismissed. The court granted defendants' motion for partial summary judgment.
Publication Date: 2019-03-11
Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
Industry: Health Care
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Stevens
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Case Number: 19-0278
Trial court properly found that liability could not attach to employer for employee driver's negligent driving because driver was on vacation and was traveling in his personal vehicle to pick up his personal tools to use on his personal project at the time of the accident. Affirmed.
Publication Date: 2019-03-04
Practice Area: Damages | Motor Vehicle Torts
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
Judge: Judge Nealon
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Case Number: 19-0217
The court overruled preliminary objections where plaintiff alleged sufficient facts to support a claim for punitive damages in connection with a motor vehicle accident. Defendant entered a guilty plea to criminal charges associated with this accident, so plaintiff's allegations of alcohol and drug use were not "scandalous and impertinent."
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