• Mikityanskiy v. Moretti

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Social Media
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Baldi
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    Case Number: 2022-01833

    Appellant appealed the trial court's verdict in favor of appellee in appellee's action for defamation and related claims. The court requested that the Superior Court affirm its verdict and dismiss the appeal as improperly requested where appellant filed no post-trial motions as necessary to preserve issues for appeal, and where no judgment had yet been entered, from which appellant might appeal in the first instance.

  • Law Offices of Bruce J. Chasan, LLC v. Corcoran

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Roberts
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    Case Number: 02425

    This § 1925(a) opinion urged the Superior Court to affirm the court's decision granting summary judgment to defendants in October 2023 in a case in which plaintiffs alleged that defendants made wrongful use of civil proceedings in an earlier case in federal court.

  • City of Philadelphia v. Cost

    Publication Date: 2024-11-08
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Wright
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    Case Number: 1037 CD 2024

    In this § 1925(a) opinion, the court urged the Commonwealth Court to affirm its May 21, 2024 order holding that it lacked jurisdiction to act further on the case involving the City's enforcement of the property maintenance code pursuant to Pa. R.A.P. 1701 because appellant had appealed the court's Final Order for Injunction imposing a statutory fine and reinspection fees and an order for demolition of the property in question. The docket revealed that appellant filed a notice of appeal from the order 52 days after the June 21, 2024 de

  • Greer v. S. Franklin Twp.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Cannon
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    Case Number: 604 C.D. 2023

    Appellant township appealed the trial court's order awarding monetary damages for physical injury to a resident's property arising from improper diversion of water. The court dismissed the appeal for township's failure to file post-trial motions, which resulted in waiver of township's issues on appeal.

  • McFadden v. Genovesi

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Mellon
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    Case Number: 2015-06593

    Plaintiff appealed from the trial court's order mandating that he execute settlement documents pursuant to a settlement agreement with defendant. The court concluded that the appeal should be dismissed for plaintiff's failure to file a statement of errors complained of on appeal pursuant to Pennsylvania Rule of Appellate Procedure 1925(b).

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  • Xu v. McCray

    Publication Date: 2024-07-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Hangley
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    Case Number: 98 EDA 2024

    In the absence of procedural compliance, the court recommended that the Superior Court quash or dismiss the appeal.

  • Kramer v. Zoning Hearing Bd. of Muncy Twp.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Energy | Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Carlucci
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    Case Number: CV2023-01192

    Appellants, a solar project developer and local citizens who opposed the project, appealed appellee township's grant of appellant developer's application for a zoning ordinance special exception for construction of a solar energy system. The court concluded that appellant developer was entitled to a "deemed" approval where appellee's written decision on its application was rendered more than 45 days after appellee's hearing on the application. The court concluded further that the deemed approval meant the court would conduct de novo r

  • Saber v. Navy Fed. Credit Union

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Coyle
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    Case Number: 00635

    Appellant filed a notice of appeal of the court's order denying his motion for title of vehicle. The court requested that the appeal be dismissed for appellant's failure to file a concise statement of matters complained of on appeal.

  • Smith v. Coble

    Publication Date: 2024-03-15
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Powell
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    Case Number: 01913

    In a §1925(a) opinion, the court urged affirmance of its order granting the defendant lawyer and law firm's motion to reopen the default judgment that the Superior Court had declared void ab initio because plaintiff's Rule 237.5 ten-day notice did not substantially comply with the rule which was a fatal defect.

  • Sauers v. Lower Southampton Twp.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Bateman
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    Case Number: 2015-05753

    Appellant, a pro se plaintiff, filed a notice of appeal after filing two motions to re-open his case and a motion for civil trial. The court requested that appellant's appeal be dismissed as not properly before the Superior Court where appellant's motions remained pending, and thus there was no final order to appeal, and where it was impossible to discern what "order" appellant intended to appeal.