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  • Thomas v. SEPTA

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Transportation
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Powell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 1431

    In a §1925(a) opinion, the court justified its denial of SEPTA's motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial based upon the court's conclusion that the "jerk and jolt" doctrine did not apply in this case.

  • United States v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Chagares
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    Case Number: 23-1341

    Appellant appealed his conviction and sentence.

  • Ferraro v. Patterson-Erie Corp.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 1 WAP 2023

    Making only one attempt to serve process after filing a complaint and waiting eight months to effect service, after the limitations period would have expired, did not constitute good faith diligence at timely serving process. Order of the superior court reversed.

  • Xie v. Xie

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 004957-CV-2015

    Plaintiff sought partition of real property that she owned with defendant. The court ordered the property partitioned, calculated the amounts owed between the parties in light of credits based upon amounts paid and the property's fair rental value for pertinent periods, and set out proper disbursement amounts for any sale proceeds, depending upon the parties' intentions for the property's final disposition.

  • MJ Byeich Prop., LLC v. JJL Normandy Prop., LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Mellon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 2021-02831

    The court's §1925(a) opinion urged affirmance of its Oct. 11, 2023 order denying post-trial relief and its October 17, 2023 order and judgment in favor of plaintiff whose vacant commercial lot was subject to a deliberate water intrusion by defendants from their adjacent property which was uphill to the plaintiff's property.

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  • Griffin v. Mathis

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Real Estate
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Fox
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    Case Number: 190 EDA 2024

    The court urged the Superior Court to affirm its order that ruled on exceptions to a Master's Report that determined the fair market value of a residence owned by the parties and other issues that were not appealable as a final order.

  • Schriver v. Schriver

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 1896 EDA 2022

    Trial court erred in dismissing minority shareholder oppression and declaratory judgment claims because, although appellant appeared to be seeking consummation of payment under the parties' settlement, he also alleged that appellees had disregarded his rights as a minority shareholder and sought judicial declaration of his shareholder status, forms of relief not available at law. Order of the trial court affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part.

  • Kramer v. Nationwide Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
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    Case Number: 103 MAP 2022

    In a case arising from the death of a youth from an overdose of illegal drugs in the home of appellants, the court reversed a ruling of the Superior Court that emotional distress damages were covered under an insurance policy providing liability coverage for bodily injury when the policy excluded emotional distress from its definition of bodily injury.

  • Soccio v. Anand

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Mellon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 2016-06395

    Defendant appealed the court's order granting partial summary judgment in favor of plaintiff. The court concluded that it did not err in granting plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment where the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction due to defendant's failure to obtain counsel to represent an indispensable corporate party in the ongoing litigation.

  • Commonwealth v. Drayton

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McCaffery
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    Case Number: 83 MAP 2023

    Appellant appealed the Superior Court's order affirming the post conviction review court's denial of his petition for post conviction relief. The court held that appellant's trial attorney did not render per se ineffective assistance by failing to object when the trial court provided the jury with written instructions not specifically authorized under Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 646.