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Publication Date: 2024-06-28
Practice Area: Labor Law
Industry: Education
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Baylson
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Case Number: 20-1995
Age/gender discrimination claims failed where plaintiff failed to demonstrate a causal connection between her non-renewal and discriminatory animus and where defendant had a legitimate, non-discriminatory reason for its employment decision. Defendant's motion for summary judgment granted.
Publication Date: 2024-06-28
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Pappert
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Case Number: 23-3999
Defendant property owners and managers separately moved to dismiss plaintiff's fair housing complaint. The court granted the motions, holding that plaintiff failed to allege, or lacked standing to assert, claims under the Fair Housing Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act where he was not a tenant in defendants' apartment building and alleged no acts plausibly demonstrating prohibited retaliation or discrimination.
Publication Date: 2024-06-28
Practice Area: Administrative Law
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge McCullough
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Case Number: 1002 C.D. 2022
Trial court erred in vacating citation for parking in handicap space issued to driver with valid placard who failed to place the placard in his vehicle, where driver's failure to comply with strict requirements of vehicle code supported issuance of the citation. Order of the trial court reversed.
Publication Date: 2024-06-28
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Sánchez
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Case Number: 23-5090
Court dismissed garnishment action against 401(k) plan as violating ERISA's anti-alienation provision and where contributions did not qualify as "transfers" under Pennsylvania's fraudulent transfer statutes. Garnishee's motion to dismiss granted.
Publication Date: 2024-06-28
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Allegheny County
Judge: Judge Hertzberg
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Case Number: GD 21-844
In this § 1925(a) opinion, the court justified its decision granting summary judgment in a personal injury case.
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Publication Date: 2024-06-28
Practice Area: Litigation
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Allegheny County
Judge: Judge Hertzberg
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Case Number: GD 20-010957
In this § 1925(a) opinion, the court explained its reasoning for the denial of the Municipality of Monroeville's motion for summary judgment in plaintiff's action for trespass, negligence and nuisance and seeking injunctive relief.
Publication Date: 2024-06-28
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Industry: Health Care
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Kunselman
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Case Number: 367 WDA 2023
Petition to strike a discontinuance of an action constituted a new matter that divested the appellate court of jurisdiction due to the pendency of the action before the trial court. Appeal quashed.
Publication Date: 2024-06-28
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Kunselman
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Case Number: 926 WDA 2023
Court quashed appeal from judgment of sentence on four severed counts, where appellant had other counts pending and severance did not create a separate proceeding in criminal cases. Appeal quashed.
Publication Date: 2024-06-28
Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Djerassi
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Case Number: 2242 EDA 2023
The court asked that its orders incorporated by reference denying defendant's petition to set aside sheriff's sale and vacate confessed and merged judgments and its trial opinion in the case be affirmed.
Publication Date: 2024-06-28
Practice Area: Deals and Transactions
Industry: Education
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Pappert
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Case Number: 23-5003
Defendant moved for a more definite statement pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(e). The court denied the motion where plaintiff's complaint for rescission of his agreements to donate funds for student scholarships, on the basis that defendant misused the funds, provided ample information from which defendant could prepare a response.
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