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  • H2O Resources, LLC v. Oilfield Tracking Serv., LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-07-17
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Energy
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Kelly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0833

    Court ordered arbitration of plaintiff's claims of fraud and misappropriation of trade secrets, proprietary data and confidential information based on the arbitration clause in the parties' master services agreement because plaintiff did not overcome the presumption of arbitrability. Motion granted.

  • Commonwealth v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2018-07-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0822

    The trial court did not err in denying defendant's pre-sentence motion to withdraw his guilty pleas where the record belied defendant's claim that he was coerced into entering the pleas by his former counsel and demonstrated that his claim of innocence was not plausible. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • City of Philadelphia v. Hart

    Publication Date: 2018-07-17
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Padilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 18-0727

    The trial court set aside the sheriff's sale of certain property based on a tax delinquency where the sale price constituted only two percent of the only appraised value of the property offered into evidence. The court recommended affirmance of its order setting aside the sheriff's sale.

  • Dep't of Labor and Industry v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Bd.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-17
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 18-0837

    Commonwealth court properly held that claimant, injured while remodeling a restaurant that had not yet opened for business, was not covered by the CWMA because the CWMA referred to individuals who worked for a business entity that performed construction services and was inapplicable when the putative employer was not in the business of construction. Affirmed.

  • Element Constr., LLC v. Dougherty

    Publication Date: 2018-07-17
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Construction | Insurance
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge McInerney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0813

    The court dismissed a joinder complaint where defendants and the party joined were not joint tortfeasors, so defendants' contribution and indemnity claims were insufficient as a matter of law.

  • Commonwealth v. Enix

    Publication Date: 2018-07-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Shogan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 18-0825

    Defendant was deprived of a fair and impartial trial in this criminal matter where the trial judge lectured the jury extensively regarding the court's own opinion regarding the credibility of the witness upon whose testimony the commonwealth's case against defendant depended. The appellate court vacated defendant's judgment of sentence and remanded.

  • Ace v. Mountain Top Estates Property Owners Ass'n

    Publication Date: 2018-07-17
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Zulick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 18-0815

    Homeowners established they were entitled to a prescriptive easement over defendant's property, but they failed to demonstrate the existence of an irrevocable license.

  • Slappy-Sutton v. Speedway LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-07-17
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge DuBois
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 18-0836

    Defendant's motion for summary judgment was granted with respect to plaintiff's negligence claim for trip and fall over a curb because the curb presented an open and obvious condition. Motion granted.

  • Hvizdak v. Linn

    Publication Date: 2018-07-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0810

    Trial court properly dismissed husband's complaint seeking to recuse the entire Butler County bench and asserting RICO, abuse of process and wrongful use of civil proceedings against wife and her attorneys. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Diaz

    Publication Date: 2018-07-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Nichols
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0804

    At a civil contempt proceeding for failure to pay court-ordered fines and costs, indigent defendants have a right to appointed counsel upon a determination of a likelihood of imprisonment and, therefore, defendant was entitled to relief on appeal from his civil contempt conviction. The appellate court vacated the trial court's order and defendant's payment plan and remanded for further proceedings.