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  • Adams v. Erie Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-31
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0936

    The superior court lacked jurisdiction to hear plaintiffs' appeals in two consolidated matters since these separate actions lacked overlap in identity of parties and, therefore, retained their separate identities and required distinct judgments. The superior court quashed plaintiffs' appeal.

  • A.A. v. Glicken

    Publication Date: 2020-08-31
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0935

    The superior court invoked the collateral order doctrine to review an order denying a request to seal a petition for approval of a minor plaintiff's settlement agreement where the case involved the public's right of access to judicial records and defendants' claims challenging the order would be irreparably lost if the appeal was denied. The superior court denied defendants' appeal on the merits.

  • Temple v. Providence Care Ctr., LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-08-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0825

    Superior court erred in finding that trial court invoked its sua sponte authority to declare a new trial because trial court granted a new trial based on defendant nursing home facility's unpreserved motions for a mistrial, which was legal error. Reversed.

  • Cowher v. Kodali

    Publication Date: 2020-07-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
    Judge: Judge Johnson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0666

    The rule allowing modification of the security to be posted in an appeal did not permit the trial court to extend the time for posting a supersedeas bond. Even if the court could extend the time, defendants failed to demonstrate good cause.

  • Cowher v. Kodali

    Publication Date: 2020-07-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
    Judge: Judge Johnson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0666

    The rule allowing modification of the security to be posted in an appeal did not permit the trial court to extend the time for posting a supersedeas bond. Even if the court could extend the time, defendants failed to demonstrate good cause.

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  • Carr v. Michuck

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-0722

    Plaintiff failed to demonstrate that counsel's actions and the procedural posture of the case, wherein plaintiff failed to file a post-trial motion prior to an appeal, involved non-negligent circumstances; however, his motion for leave to file a post-trial motion nunc pro tunc was a legal nullity because the prothonotary failed to comply with the notice requirements of Pa.R.Civ.P. 236. The superior court vacated and remanded.

  • Bower v. Bower

    Publication Date: 2020-05-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0398

    The court granted a motion for alternate service where plaintiffs established that defendant was evading service.

  • Rios v. Bostik

    Publication Date: 2020-03-09
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Montgomery County
    Judge: Judge Rogers
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0178

    Where plaintiff failed to file a statement in accordance with Pa.R.A.P. 1925(b) with the prothonotary, serve the court of common pleas with such a statement or request an extension to do so, she waived any issues she sought to raise on appeal. The court of common pleas recommended affirmance.

  • In re: J.M.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Carbon County
    Judge: Judge Nanovic
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0091

    Petitioner's appeal of the certification for his involuntary commitment was untimely, and he failed to provide a reasonable excuse for his delay.

  • Burns v. Cooper

    Publication Date: 2020-02-10
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Montgomery County
    Judge: Judge Saltz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0090

    Defendant waived all grounds upon which he sought reversal of a jury's verdict where he did not move for a directed verdict or seek a binding instruction in his proposed jury instructions and his motion for post-trial relief failed to state how the grounds for JNOV were asserted prior to or at trial. The court recommended affirmance.