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  • Commonwealth v. Kennedy

    Publication Date: 2020-11-23
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-1175

    The assistant district attorney prosecuting this case against defendant was permitted to authorize one-party consensual interception of a witness's telephone conversations with defendant and employed a meticulous procedure to ensure that the teenage witness voluntarily provided her consent to the interceptions. The court denied in part defendant's omnibus pretrial motion to suppress.

  • Erie Ins. Exch. v. Sutherland

    Publication Date: 2020-11-09
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-1125

    An insurer could not deny underinsured motorist coverage where the insured paid for stacked benefits, even though the insured waived such coverage under another policy. The court denied the insurer's motion for judgment on the pleadings.

  • Denelle v. Denelle

    Publication Date: 2020-11-09
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-1126

    The evidence indicated defendant did not sign an acknowledgement of paternity and was not the biological parent of the minor child in question, so the court eliminated defendant's child support obligation.

  • Blank v. Combs

    Publication Date: 2020-09-28
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0930

    Plaintiffs adequately stated claims for negligence and loss of consortium where they alleged that defendants knew about a third party's mental health issues and failed to take any action even after discovering that the person was distressed and had left their residence with a firearm.

  • Commonwealth v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2020-08-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0748

    A police officer failed to properly administer field sobriety tests, but other factors provided probable cause in connection with defendant's arrest for driving under the influence. The court denied defendant's motion to suppress and petition for habeas corpus.

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  • Wilson v. Matas

    Publication Date: 2020-08-03
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0692

    The court sustained preliminary objections regarding claims for punitive damages and most of the statutory violations referenced in plaintiff's negligence per se claim.

  • Erie Ins. Exch.v. Sutherland

    Publication Date: 2020-07-06
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0571

    Defendant's waiver of uninsured motorist coverage on a policy insuring the motorcycle he was operating when injured did not prelude him from recovering uninsured motorist coverage on a separate policy with the plaintiff insurer for which defendant paid premiums for stacked coverage. The court denied plaintiff's motion for judgment on the pleadings.

  • Erie Ins. Exch.v. Sutherland

    Publication Date: 2020-07-06
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0571

    Defendant's waiver of uninsured motorist coverage on a policy insuring the motorcycle he was operating when injured did not prelude him from recovering uninsured motorist coverage on a separate policy with the plaintiff insurer for which defendant paid premiums for stacked coverage. The court denied plaintiff's motion for judgment on the pleadings.

  • Denelle v. Denelle

    Publication Date: 2020-07-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0570

    Defendant was not obligated to pay child support based on an acknowledgment of paternity allegedly bearing her name where the county failed to refute defendant's credible testimony that she did not sign the acknowledgment and the parties had agreed that defendant would not be financially responsible for the child, who was not her biological offspring. The court dismissed plaintiff's complaint for child support.

  • Jaccobs v. Murphy

    Publication Date: 2020-06-15
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0516

    Plaintiff's complaint failed to sufficiently allege a cause of action against defendant for intentional infliction of emotional distress as the pleading did not allege the existence of any physical injury for which he soughttreatment. The court sustained defendant's preliminary objections in part.