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  • Drexel Prop Assoc., LLC v. Slakoff

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Coyle
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    Case Number: 00699

    Defendant tenant appealed the court's order denying his motion to reinstate his appeal of a municipal court order denying his petition to open default judgment. The court concluded that its order should be affirmed where defendant failed to timely file pleadings below, mistakenly or intentionally misrepresented filing dates to the court, and offered no meritorious legal arguments that would warrant reinstating his appeal.

  • Commonwealth v. Stefanowicz

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 1012 MDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence entered on his conviction of aggravated cruelty to an animal. The court affirmed, holding that the evidence was sufficient to convict appellant of one count of animal cruelty where he intentionally shot two dogs, only one of which had made physical contact with fenced deer that the dogs were violently harassing.

  • Commonwealth v. Prentiss

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Leavitt
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    Case Number: 415 C.D. 2021

    Appellant appealed the trial court's orders convicting him of two summary offenses under the Game and Wildlife Code. The court reversed in part, affirmed in part, and remanded to the trial court for resentencing. The court held that appellant's charge under Game Code section 2307(a) should have been dismissed where the citation failed to set out the specifics of the alleged violation. Appellant was properly convicted under section 2504(a), however, where he shot an elk within ten feet of a roadway.

  • Commonwealth v. Hatch

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 553 WDA 2023

    Commonwealth appealed the trial court's order granting appellee's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The court reversed and remanded, holding that Commonwealth presented a prima facie case of aggravated assault against an enumerated person where an officer testified that appellee, after violently resisting the officer's opening of her screen door, struck the officer with her hand, knocking off his glasses and scratching his face.

  • Commonwealth v. Robinson

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Butts
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    Case Number: CP-41-CR-0000231-2023

    The court urged affirmance of its order denying appellant Commonwealth's motion to consolidate three cases against appellee Robinson because the motion was untimely.

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  • Griffin v. Sechrest Constr. & Remodeling, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Carlucci
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    Case Number: CV-2024-00136

    Plaintiffs moved to stay arbitration in their dispute with defendant contractor regarding a residential home construction project. The court granted in part and denied in part plaintiffs' motion, holding that a binding arbitration attachment to the parties' construction contract was enforceable where it required that any arbitrators have at least fifteen years of experience in residential construction.

  • Moreno v. Schuylkill County Tax Claim Bureau

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Tax
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    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
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    Case Number: 168 C.D. 2023

    Tax bureau failed to comply with notice requirements of the Real Estate Tax Sale Law by not undertaking reasonable efforts to locate the property's owner after the upset sale notice was returned undelivered. Order of the trial court reversed.

  • Leonard v. Leonard

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Keogh
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    Case Number: 1104

    In a §1925(a) opinion, the court urged the Superior Court to quash the appeal of a "Part 2" partition decision as untimely or alternatively affirm the court's Dec. 26, 2023, order because neither party preserved any issues for appellate review.

  • 22nd St. Auto Ctr. v. Commonwealth

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Automotive | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
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    Case Number: 1326 C.D. 2022

    Appellants appealed the trial court's orders overruling their appeal of Commonwealth's administrative suspension of their official certifications as an auto safety inspection center and safety inspector. The court vacated the trial court's orders and remanded for further proceedings where the trial court failed to explain whether it considered modifying Commonwealth's penalties after it made new findings that Commonwealth failed to prove certain inspection violations were present at the time appellants inspected a deteriorated motor v

  • L.E. v. Methacton Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Surrick
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    Case Number: 20-2096

    Delay in providing student with requested reevaluation resulted in deficits in academic and behavioral support that resulted in student being denied a free appropriate public education. Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment granted in part and denied in part.