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Commonwealth v. Miller

Publication Date: 2018-11-20
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Murray
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Case Number: 18-1388

Motion to dismiss on double jeopardy grounds denied despite prior guilty plea to specific crimes listed in new criminal complaint where new complaint sought to prosecute defendant for a broader, statewide conspiracy and commonwealth expressly intended not to punish defendant for those specific criminal episodes. Order of the trial court affirmed.
Lutz v. Williamsport Hospital

Publication Date: 2018-11-20
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Industry: Health Care
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
Judge: Judge Linhardt
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Case Number: 18-1344

Under controlling Pennsylvania law, plaintiff was not required to specifically name every potential actor involved in the decedent's care at the defendant hospital when pleading her vicarious liability against the hospital. The court overruled defendant's preliminary objection to plaintiff's vicarious liability claims.
In re Appeal of DA Denial of Private Criminal Complaints

Publication Date: 2018-11-20
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence | Landlord Tenant Law
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
Judge: Judge Lovecchio
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Case Number: 18-1345

The court denied an appeal regarding a private criminal complaint where the petitioner did not establish that the district attorney's conduct in refusing to pursue the matter involved bad faith, fraud or unconstitutionality.
Atlantic Holdings, Ltd. v. Apollo Metals, Ltd.

Publication Date: 2018-11-20
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Discovery | Environmental Law
Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Manufacturing
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Leeson
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Case Number: 18-1403

Plaintiff moved for leave to amend its contaminated property complaint and the court found the motion was unduly delayed where it was filed on the last day to amend and months after plaintiff knew of the additional defendants and had evidence of the fraud claim and the amendment would unduly prejudice defendant since it asserted a distinct new claim that would drastically change the existing legal and factual matters in dispute. Motion denied.
Foremost Ins. Co. v. Nosam, LLC

Publication Date: 2018-11-20
Practice Area: Insurance Litigation | Landlord Tenant Law
Industry: Insurance
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Leeson
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Case Number: 18-1402

Insurer sought a declaratory judgment that it had no duty to defend or indemnify landlord sued by tenants who suffered carbon monoxide poisoning from a furnace and the court found the "pollutant" exclusion in the policy barred coverage and tenants' argument that the accidental fire exclusion applied failed because the fire started when tenants turned on the furnace and was not by chance or unexpected. Motion granted.
Commonwealth v. Shreffler

Publication Date: 2018-11-20
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Nicholas
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Case Number: 18-1392

Commonwealth erred in shifting burden to defendant to move to unseal wiretap documents where commonwealth bore burden of establishing probable cause for wiretap order in response to defendant's motion to exclude wiretap recordings. Judgment of sentence vacated, case remanded.
Harris-Sawyer v. PRRC, Inc.

Publication Date: 2018-11-20
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Damages
Industry: Retail
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Leeson
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Case Number: 18-1393

Court dismissed complaint brought under diversity jurisdiction where civil cover sheet indicated that corporate defendant's principal place of business was located in same state where plaintiff resided. Case dismissed without prejudice.
Zulueta v. Chuckas

Publication Date: 2018-11-20
Practice Area: Administrative Law
Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
Judge: District Judge Conner
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Case Number: 18-1399

Defendant director of the bureau of thoroughbred horse racing moved to dismiss plaintiff licensed trainers' and owners' action asserting the director deprived them of their constitutional rights in violation of the due process clause when he suspended their licenses without a pre-deprivation hearing and the court found the director was entitled to qualified immunity in his individual capacity, was not a person subject to suit under §1983 in his official capacity and was immune under the eleventh amendment. Motion granted.
In re Estate of Van Horn

Publication Date: 2018-11-20
Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
Judge: Judge Butts
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Case Number: 18-1346

The court rejected a claim against a decedent's estate in connection with a personal care agreement, because a confidential relations existed and the claimant failed to demonstrate the agreement was free from any undue influence.
Bloom v. Independence Blue Cross et al

Publication Date: 2018-11-20
Practice Area: Insurance Law
Industry: Insurance
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge McHugh
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Case Number: 18-1386

Under new third circuit precedent, the plaintiff medical providers lacked standing to enforce their purported rights under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act due to a valid and enforceable anti-assignment clause executed by members of defendants' ERISA-governed healthcare plans. The court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment.

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