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Publication Date: 2019-02-12
Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Government | Regulation
Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Recruitment and Staffing | Transportation
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Shwartz
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Case Number: 19-0151
The district court properly concluded that the Federal Aviation Authorization Administration Act of 1994 did not preempt New Jersey law for determining plaintiffs' employment status for purposes of New Jersey's wage hour and payment laws. The appellate court affirmed an order denying defendant's motion for judgment on the pleadings.
Publication Date: 2019-01-29
Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Labor Law
Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Transportation
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Ott
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Case Number: 19-0073
Trial court properly refused to grant an injunction enforcing a no-hire provision in appellant's contract with trucking company because the provision was against public policy by preventing persons from seeking employment with certain companies without receiving additional consideration for the prohibition or having any input regarding or knowledge of the restrictive provision. Affirmed.
Publication Date: 2018-12-25
Practice Area: Damages | International Law
Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Consulting | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Stevens
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Case Number: 18-1552
Recognition Act permitted judgment holder to file praecipe to enforce foreign money judgment, since Act allowed aggrieved party to raise standard defenses to contest legitimacy of underlying judgment. Order of the trial court affirmed.
Publication Date: 2018-10-16
Practice Area: Class Actions | Employment Litigation
Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Transportation
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Chagares
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Case Number: 18-1242
The district court correctly found that truck drivers' claims, under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act, that motor carrier made deductions from their paychecks without contemporaneous consent, were not preempted by the federal aviation administration and authorization act because the IWPCA did not have a significant impact on carrier rates, routes or services, did not frustrate the FAAAA's deregulatory objectives and the impact of the IWPCA was too tenuous, remote and peripheral to fall within the scope of the FAAAA preempt
Publication Date: 2018-09-18
Practice Area: Damages | Evidence | Government
Industry: Cargo and Shipping | State and Local Government
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
Judge: District Judge Rambo
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Case Number: 18-1110
The court granted defendants' motion for partial summary judgment to preclude recovery of attorney fees and denied plaintiff's motion for sanctions without prejudice in case where defendant's driver crashed a tractor trailer into plaintiff's historic bridge and damaged it but defense counsel did not produce driver for a deposition or concede liability because it was possible that defendants might present evidence in support of their position on liability that did not require the driver's deposition or an expert. Granted in part, denie
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Publication Date: 2018-09-11
Practice Area: Class Actions | Dispute Resolution | Employment Litigation
Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Recruitment and Staffing
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Leeson
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Case Number: 18-1078
Defendant, alleged employer, moved to compel arbitration in plaintiff's purported class action asserting misclassification as an independent contractor and violations of the FLSA and the court found the agreement contained unconscionable cost and fee provisions, severed those provisions, granted the order to compel arbitration and stayed the action pending arbitration. Motion granted.
Publication Date: 2018-08-14
Practice Area: Toxic Torts
Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Transportation
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Kennedy
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Case Number: 18-0932
Plaintiff, a former railroad employee, was barred from bringing claims against his former employers under the Federal Employers' Liability Act for alleged exposure to toxic chemicals where he executed a settlement agreement releasing his former employers from liability for future injuries arising from the known risks of chemical exposure. The court recommended affirmance on appeal.
Publication Date: 2018-06-26
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Occupational Safety and Health
Industry: Cargo and Shipping
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge New
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Case Number: 18-0732
State law requiring foreign corporations to consent to general jurisdiction before being allowed to do business in Pennsylvania violated the due process clause. The court dismissed a complaint against a defendant where the only basis for personal jurisdiction was its registration to do business in Pennsylvania.
Publication Date: 2018-05-22
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Transportation
Industry: Cargo and Shipping
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Roth
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Case Number: 18-0617
District court misinterpreted COGSA in granting vessel's motion to dismiss appellant's in rem suit over damaged cargo and the court found that COGSA did not invalidate a forum selection clause simply because the selected jurisdiction did not acknowledge in rem suits but the clause here did not violate COGSA and dismissal was proper. Affirmed.
Publication Date: 2018-05-22
Practice Area: Government
Industry: Cargo and Shipping
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Simpson
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Case Number: 18-0618
Trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of authority, in dispute over the award of an operating agreement. Reversed.
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