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Publication Date: 2018-09-04
Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Chagares
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Case Number: 18-1044
District court correctly denied remand in case where insurer of allegedly drunk driver sought contribution from restaurant that served him and restaurant removed the case to federal court but district court erred in holding that insurer was not in the class of parties protected by the dram shop law because insurer actually sought contribution under the Uniform Contribution Among Tort-Feasors Act. Affirmed in part and reversed in part.
Publication Date: 2018-08-07
Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Colins
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Case Number: 18-0920
Employer bound by deemed admissions where failure to timely respond to plaintiffs' requests for admissions prejudiced them from taking depositions and discovery to support their claim tortfeasor employee was acting in scope of employment at time of accident. Judgment affirmed.
Publication Date: 2018-07-24
Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
Industry: Construction
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Adams County
Judge: Judge George
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Case Number: 18-0818
Plaintiff's complaint failed to allege a viable claim for vicarious liability on the part of the defendant employer, who's employee allegedly struck and killed a victim while driving the company's car under the influence of alcohol, as none of the negligence allegations involved conduct committed during the course and scope of the driver's employment. The court granted employer's motion for summary judgment.
Publication Date: 2018-06-12
Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Motto
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Case Number: 18-0673
The court denied summary judgment in this automobile accident case involving an emergency vehicle, because governmental immunity did not apply and issues of genuine fact remained which were for the jury.
Publication Date: 2018-05-29
Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
Industry: Automotive
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Olson
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Case Number: 18-0638
Trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of additional defendants who worked on hood latch that failed while father was driving the car and led to a serious accident because genuine issues of material fact existed as to the actions of car inspection station, oil change center and auto parts store in rendering services to plaintiffs. Judgement vacated.
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Publication Date: 2018-05-22
Practice Area: Discovery | Motor Vehicle Torts
Industry: Cargo and Shipping
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
Judge: Judge Williamson
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Case Number: 18-0592
The court granted a motion to compel an independent medical examination and required the requesting party to provide the transportation. Also, the court granted plaintiff's motions to compel the discovery of requested documents.
Publication Date: 2018-05-15
Practice Area: Damages | Motor Vehicle Torts
Industry: Transportation
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Foglietta
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Case Number: 18-0521
The court denied defendants' motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict as to punitive damages where plaintiffs introduced competent evidence that the driver of a passenger bus involved in a collision and her employer objectively knew that their actions were placing passengers at a high degree of risk of physical harm or that they consciously elected to disregard such risk. The court recommended affirmance on appeal.
Publication Date: 2018-05-15
Practice Area: Damages | Motor Vehicle Torts
Industry: Construction
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Olson
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Case Number: 18-0550
Trial court erred in granting judgment on cross-claim where defendants raised genuine issue of additional defendants breach of duties to plaintiffs. Judgment vacated, case remanded.
Publication Date: 2018-05-15
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Motor Vehicle Torts
Industry: Automotive
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Goldberg
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Case Number: 18-0569
Motion to remand from untimely removal granted where defendant failed to prove plaintiffs maintenance of suit against co-defendant with whom plaintiff had settled. Motion to remand granted.
Publication Date: 2018-05-08
Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Shogan
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Case Number: 18-0543
Trial court properly denied appellants request for a new trial or JNOV after the jury found that other drivers negligence in rear-end accident was not was not a factual cause of any harm because appellant waived his JNOV issue since he failed to move for a directed verdict, his counsel withdrew his request for a binding jury instruction and appellants concealing his pre-accident chiropractor visits from his physicians presented the jury with an issue of credibility. Affirmed.
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