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Publication Date: 2024-07-05
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Industry: Health Care
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Jacquinto
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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Case Number: 210201504
In a § 1925(a) opinion, the court defended its decision to deny defendant's motion for new trial and to permit testimony of an expert witness for plaintiff.
Publication Date: 2024-07-05
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Retail
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Chester County
Judge: Judge Binder
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Case Number: 2019-02018-TT
Plaintiff moved to mold a jury verdict to include pre-judgment interest. The court denied the motion where uncertainties regarding defendants' ultimate liability to plaintiff precluded a pre-judgment interest award, and where no such award was required in the interests of justice.
Publication Date: 2024-07-05
Practice Area: Litigation
Industry: Automotive | Energy
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
Judge: Judge Zulick
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Case Number: 3806 CV 2023
Defendant petitioned to open default judgment. The court denied the motion, holding defendant failed to establish excusable negligence for its failure to timely answer plaintiff's complaint where it claimed only that it suffered difficulties in forwarding process to Pennsylvania counsel after being served out of state.
Publication Date: 2024-07-05
Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Cannon
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Case Number: 619 C.D. 2023
Applicant appealed from the trial court's order that affirmed the decision of a township zoning hearing board denying a special exception for a private recreational facility on applicant's property. The court affirmed, holding that there was no error in the denial of applicant's special exception use application where applicant failed to demonstrate that use of its property as a gun range was compatible, in nature and intensity, with the adjoining residential developments and the character of the zoning district and neighborhood where
Publication Date: 2024-07-05
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry: Federal Government
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Schmehl
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Case Number: 19-64
The court denied defendants' pre-verdict motions for judgment of acquittal under Fed. R. Crim. P. 29(a) and their post-verdict motions for judgment of acquittal under Fed. R. Crim. P. 29(c) and motion for a new trial under Fed. R. Crim. P. 33.
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Publication Date: 2024-07-05
Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Food and Beverage | Transportation
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Carlos
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Case Number: 22-4616
Court declined to sanction defendant by striking its answer and defenses where failure to comply with discovery obligations did not prejudice plaintiff's prosecution of their claim against the co-defendant who had participated in discovery, and where the discovery deadline had not yet expired and defendant appeared to understand its obligation to produce responsive discovery. Plaintiff's motion for sanction granted in part and denied in part.
Publication Date: 2024-07-05
Practice Area: Family Law
Industry:
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Panella
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Case Number: 1715 EDA 2023
Appellant appealed the trial court's order granting appellee's protection from abuse petition. The court affirmed, holding that sufficient evidence supported the trial court's order where appellant, as appellee's former boyfriend, caused appellee to fear for her safety after he refused to end contact with her and entered her apartment with a key that he was not supposed to have.
Publication Date: 2024-07-05
Practice Area: Labor Law
Industry: Education
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Kearney
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Case Number: 24-726
Court declined to dismiss whistleblower and First Amendment retaliation claims where employee adequately alleged that defendants launched an unwarranted investigation and then forced her resignation following her complaints of unfair or unlawful business practices. Defendants' motion to dismiss denied in part and granted in part.
Publication Date: 2024-07-05
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Industry: Real Estate
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Chester County
Judge: Judge Binder
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Case Number: 2023-05885-IR
Plaintiff filed a Motion to Make Rule Absolute after obtaining a Rule per curiam requiring defendant's response to plaintiff's petition for special relief. The court denied the motion absent record evidence of original service of process on defendant, defendant's waiver of the right to proper service, or his consent to the court's jurisdiction.
Publication Date: 2024-07-05
Practice Area: Civil Appeals
Industry: Real Estate
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Hangley
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Case Number: 98 EDA 2024
In the absence of procedural compliance, the court recommended that the Superior Court quash or dismiss the appeal.
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