• H&M Holdings Group, LLC v. Patrono

    Publication Date: 2024-07-12
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Adams County
    Judge: Judge George
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2018-SU-1293

    The court considered whether scheduled hearings to determine damages and sanctions against defendants should be stayed pending defendants' interlocutory appeals. The court stayed further proceedings pending resolution of defendants' appeals in order to conserve judicial resources and permit further action as appropriate in light of the appellate court's resolution of defendants' appeals.

  • PPL Elec. Util. Corp. v. EAN Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-07-05
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry: Automotive | Energy
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Zulick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 3806 CV 2023

    Defendant petitioned to open default judgment. The court denied the motion, holding defendant failed to establish excusable negligence for its failure to timely answer plaintiff's complaint where it claimed only that it suffered difficulties in forwarding process to Pennsylvania counsel after being served out of state.

  • Vivian v. Blank, Rome, LLP

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Colins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1406 EDA 2023

    The court affirmed the trial court's order granting defendants' motion for summary judgment and dismissing plaintiff's claims of defamation, false light invasion of privacy, and abuse of process.

  • Golden Mile Assoc. v. Commonwealth

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Allegheny County
    Judge: Judge Hertzberg
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: GD 20-010957

    In this § 1925(a) opinion, the court explained its reasoning for the denial of the Municipality of Monroeville's motion for summary judgment in plaintiff's action for trespass, negligence and nuisance and seeking injunctive relief.

  • DeSandies v. Encore Group (USA), LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry: Legal Services | Travel and Tourism
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Wolson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2:24-cv-01044-JDW

    Defendant filed an answer that included an affirmative defense which the court deemed invalid on the face of the parties' pleadings. After defendant explained its rationale for asserting the affirmative defense, the court imposed a Rule 11 sanction and struck all of defendant's affirmative defenses from its answer.

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  • Wisniewski v. Avon Grove Charter Sch.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-12
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry: Education | Legal Services
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Chester County
    Judge: Judge Binder
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2023-06341-TT

    Plaintiffs moved to seal the entire record in proceedings on their praecipe for writ of summons, which centered on alleged acts upon a minor child who attended defendant charter school. The court denied the motion where plaintiffs sought to seal the record not on the basis of good cause shown, but merely to avoid the burden of complying with the Case Records Public Access Policy.

  • Maybrook-C Overlook Opco, LLC v. Cutsuries

    Publication Date: 2024-03-22
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry: Health Care | Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 10257 OF 2023, C.A.

    Defendant son filed preliminary objections to plaintiff's complaint seeking recovery of the unpaid balance for his deceased mother's skilled nursing care. The court sustained the preliminary objection that plaintiff's complaint lacked requisite specificity where it failed to aver whether its agreement for the mother's care was oral or written and, if written, no copy was provided with plaintiff's complaint. The court overruled defendant's preliminary objection that the complaint lacked specificity by failing to set forth special damag

  • Andreasova v. Kosican

    Publication Date: 2024-03-08
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Higgins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 8231-CV-2022

    Plaintiff sued defendant for recovery of personal property in defendant's possession. The court issued a writ of seizure in plaintiff's favor where she established her probable right to possession of personal property items left at defendant's residence after she vacated at defendant's request.

  • Zorn v. Jefferson Health

    Publication Date: 2024-02-23
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Woods-Skipper
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 00189

    In this §1925(a) opinion, the court asked the Superior Court to dismiss the appeal of its order approving a petition to settle wrongful death and survivor action including the court's directive that attorneys' fees and costs in dispute be deposited in escrow pending resolution of a dispute pending in Commerce Court in a proper exercise of its judicial discretion pursuant to 42 Pa. C.S. §323.

  • Educ. Comm. for Foreign Med. Graduates v. Tulp

    Publication Date: 2024-02-09
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry: Education
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Crumlish
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 201001976

    In a §1925(a) opinion justifying the trial court's order granting partial summary judgment to plaintiffs on their claim of wrongful use of civil proceedings, the court noted that the defendant's position that the court should have relaxed its insistence on compliance with the Rules of Civil Procedure because the defendant was pro se and excused defendant's failure to file timely responses to requests for admissions which have not been withdrawn or amended was unsupported and improper.