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  • Customers Bank v. Sun Garden Apartments, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Glazer
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    Case Number: 18-0871

    The court rejected a guarantor's attempt to open a judgment by confession, where the loan documents contained a clear and conspicuous notice regarding the confession of judgment. The court concluded that the attorney fees awarded were reasonable, where they represented approximately five percent of the unpaid balance.

  • Commonwealth v. Barbour

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 18-0880

    The appellate court erred in finding that defendant waived his rights under rule 600 since the waiver rule set forth in Commonwealth v. Steltz is narrow in scope.. The high court reversed the appellate court's decision.

  • Ang v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
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    Case Number: 18-0873

    A claim on behalf of a minor skier who was injured by another minor skier was not barred by a state law regarding skier responsibility. Plaintiffs adequately stated their negligence and battery claims, so the court denied all preliminary objections.

  • Commonwealth v. Small

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
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    Case Number: 18-0884

    New trial could be granted where more detailed account of alternative suspect's confession was not cumulative or corroborative of the defense's trial theory. Order of the Superior Court reversed, case remanded.

  • Hickman v. TL Transp., LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wage and Hour Litigation
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge McHugh
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    Case Number: 18-0887

    Defendant corporate officers moved to dismiss plaintiffs' FLSA and state wage and hour claims for lack of personal jurisdiction because they were Maryland residents and worked for a Maryland corporation but court found that their travel to Pennsylvania to make decisions about and oversee the operations of their Pennsylvania facilities provided sufficient contacts with Pennsylvania to support jurisdiction; however court found it did not have personal jurisdiction over them for the Maryland plaintiff's claims under Maryland wage and hou

  • Miller v. Kennedy

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Contracts | Corporate Entities
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Cox
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    Case Number: 18-0874

    In this case relating to a home improvement contract, the court granted preliminary objections under the gist of the action doctrine and for failing to allege claims under consumer protection statutes with sufficient specificity. The court overruled other preliminary objections because plaintiff stated a claim for breach of implied warranty and for liability of an individual defendant.

  • Burns v. Dept. of Human Services

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Cannon
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    Case Number: 18-0879

    A dependent child's foster care parents were barred from appealing the child's removal from their foster care home where the court of common pleas "initiated" the removal and, thus, the removal fell within the exception in 55 Pa. Code §3700.73(a)(2) barring an appeal. The appellate court affirmed an order dismissing petitioners' appeal.

  • Thanhauser v. Douglass Township

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Simpson
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    Case Number: 18-0892

    Trial court properly found that it lacked jurisdiction and dismissed retired officers' mandamus claims relating to their health insurance because the claims required interpretation of a term contained in the CBA and the matter fell within an arbitrator's exclusive jurisdiction. Affirmed.

  • Sanders v. Dukes

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law | Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Jackson
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    Case Number: 18-0870

    A landlord was liable to a tenant's guest for damages which occurred due to a dangerous condition that the landlord could have discovered by the exercise of reasonable care. The court allowed the damages award to be molded due to plaintiff's contributory negligence.

  • Commonwealth v. Chambers

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 18-0878

    The high court did not address the difficult issue of whether criminal convictions can rest upon a theory of conspiratorial liability. The high court reversed and remanded.