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Publication Date: 2024-02-02
Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
Industry: Construction | Real Estate | State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Cannon
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Case Number: 487 C.D. 2022
Court affirmed the upholding of the zoning hearing board's decision where there was substantial evidence to show that the applicant suffered hardship warranting zoning relief, the requested relief would not injure the public interest, and the requested variances represented the minimum possible modification. Order of the trial court affirmed.
Publication Date: 2024-02-02
Practice Area: Labor Law
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Leavitt
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Case Number: 131 C.D. 2023
Board erred in holding city refused to bargain with union when it refused to comply with union's overbroad information request because union did not show the probable or potential relevance of the information and board erred in finding city did not attempt to engage with union. Reversed.
Publication Date: 2024-02-02
Practice Area: Real Estate
Industry: Real Estate
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
Judge: Judge Zulick
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Case Number: 2034 CV 2023
The trial court's §1925(a) opinion justified the denial of plaintiffs' preliminary objections to the counterclaim filed by defendant Sierra View Association and ordered plaintiffs to file a reply.
Publication Date: 2024-02-02
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Sullivan
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Case Number: 2470 EDA 2022
Trial court did not abuse discretion in imposing probation condition for defendant to surrender to their outstanding warrants despite defendant being under active probation supervision that prevented his travel to other jurisdictions, where defendant had failed to show good faith efforts to modify his probation to obtain approval to travel. Judgment of sentence affirmed in part and vacated in part.
Publication Date: 2024-02-02
Practice Area: Contracts
Industry: Retail
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Sanchez
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Case Number: 22-2847
Although jury incorrectly found the existence of a contract where such contract would be barred by the statute of frauds, defendant failed to properly seek relief in the form of a new trial. Plaintiff's post-trial motion denied in part and granted in part.
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Publication Date: 2024-02-02
Practice Area: Administrative Law
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
Judge: Judge Nealon
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Case Number: 2023 CV 2748
The court sustained defendants' preliminary objection and dismissed plaintiff's action.
Publication Date: 2024-02-02
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Anders
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Case Number: 2125 EDA 2023
Plaintiff appealed the court's order dismissing her complaint as frivolous and for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. The court concluded that its order should be affirmed where plaintiff offered no specific facts to support her alleged claim of fraud.
Publication Date: 2024-02-02
Practice Area: Real Estate
Industry: Real Estate
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Patrick
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Case Number: 230400157
The court's §1925(a) opinion urged affirmance of its order granting plaintiffs' petition for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the owners' association of the building where they owned a commercial unit that they were selling.
Publication Date: 2024-02-02
Practice Area: Labor Law
Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Consulting
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Covey
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Case Number: 1208-1221 C.D. 2022
Pro se claimant petitioned for review of respondent's orders affirming denial of unemployment compensation benefits. The court affirmed, concluding that claimant was ineligible for UC benefits where he was properly characterized as an independent contractor rather than an employee.
Publication Date: 2024-02-02
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Panella
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Case Number: 175 MDA 2023
Ineffective assistance of counsel claims relating to denial of proposed self-defense instructions failed where there was insufficient evidence of defendant's state of mind to support such an instruction. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.
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