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  • Hedges v. Pennsylvania Dep't of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-22
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-1250

    Plaintiff could not stop the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation from cutting down trees on her property as part of a construction project to widen a nearby highway where PennDOT established that it was entitled to 41 feet of land from roadway toward plaintiff's property as part of the safety-related condemnation and construction plan. The court granted the commonwealth's emergency petition for relief.

  • Good v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-08
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-1154

    Plaintiffs' complaint in this insurance-related breach of contract suit did not fail for insufficiency where the pleading set forth, to the penny, the amount they were claiming and included a breakdown of that amount, detailing the total losses to the damaged property. The court overruled defendant's preliminary objections.

  • Portfolio Recovery Assoc., LLC v. Funk

    Publication Date: 2021-10-25
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-1159

    Plaintiff's complaint in this credit card collection suit failed for lack of specificity where the bill of sale attached to the pleading and purporting to establish plaintiff's successorship status to the original lender failed to establish a link with defendant's credit card account. The court sustained defendant's preliminary objection in part.

  • James v. Crawford

    Publication Date: 2021-10-25
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-1157

    Plaintiffs sufficiently pled that defendant's employer appreciated the risk of harm of one of its employees driving under the influence and consciously disregarded that risk by allowing him to drive anyway, and employer could be found vicariously liable for its employee's actions regardless of the punitive damages standard. The court overruled defendant's preliminary objections to plaintiffs' punitive damages claim.

  • In re: IDK

    Publication Date: 2021-10-25
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-1156

    Petitioners demonstrated that for at least six months prior to the filing of an involuntary termination petition, father, who was incarcerated on murder charges, had demonstrated a settled purpose to relinquish parental claim to his son and failed to perform his parental duties. The court granted a petition to terminate father's parental rights.

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  • In The Interest of NS-C

    Publication Date: 2021-10-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-1069

    The court adopted two previous suppression rulings, holding that the coordinate jurisdiction rule applied to juvenile court for decisions in related cases in criminal court. Motion to suppress denied.

  • Nothstein v. Cochran

    Publication Date: 2021-10-18
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-1068

    The court found that defendant towing company properly followed the applicable statute when it obtained title to two abandoned vehicles owned by plaintiff who failed to reclaim subject vehicles being stored by defendant. Judgement in favor of defendants.

  • Eck v. Eck

    Publication Date: 2021-08-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0803

    Paternal aunt lacked standing to intervene in this child custody proceeding, because she did not demonstrate sustained contact with the child.

  • Zentner v. Brenner Car Credit, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-08-16
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0805

    The court's order overruling defendant's sole preliminary objection, which sought to enforce an arbitration clause, was not a final order subject to certification under Pa.R.A.P. 341(c) and was not appealable as of right under Pa.R.A.P. 311. The court recommended that defendants' appeal be quashed.

  • Farley v. Dorsey-Hurtt

    Publication Date: 2021-08-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0746

    Plaintiff's marriage to defendant was both void and voidable where she had an existing spouse at the time she married defendant, she lacked the capacity to consent to the marriage and she was induced into marrying defendant by fraudulent actions. The granted plaintiff's petition for an annulment.