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  • Turns v. Dauphin County

    Publication Date: 2022-04-04
    Practice Area: Real Estate
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    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Cannon
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    Case Number: 22-0359

    Trial court properly found appellant was entitled to the original purchase price and real estate taxes paid on a property sold at a tax sale in 1973 because the sale was void ab initio since the property did not actually exist and properly denied appellant's claims for compound interest or attorney fees. Affirmed.

  • Medina v. Harrisburg Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-04
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Cannon
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    Case Number: 22-0355

    District properly removed plaintiff, despite his argument that §1089 of the school code applied, from his position as business administrator and reassigned him to a different position with a substantial salary reduction because plaintiff was not a professional employee as defined in the school code, his reassignment was not a removal but a demotion and was not subject to any hearing requirement. Affirmed.

  • Henderson v. WP Ventures, Inc. (Workers' Comp. Appeal Bd.)

    Publication Date: 2022-02-07
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Cannon
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    Case Number: 22-0138

    Employee who was injured while briefly stepping out of the workplace to smoke a cigarette and purchase food before immediately returning to the workplace was still within the course and scope of his employment under the personal comfort doctrine. Order of the WCAB reversed, order of the WCJ reinstated.

  • Altoona First Sav. Bank v. Twp. of Logan

    Publication Date: 2022-01-10
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Cannon
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    Case Number: 22-0011

    Trial court erred in granting partial summary judgment where there were outstanding factual disputes regarding whether a foreclosing lender assumed the mortgagor's proprietary development interests or willfully took on development activities. Partial summary judgment reversed, case remanded.

  • Corman v. Pennsylvania Dep't of Health

    Publication Date: 2021-11-29
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
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    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Cannon
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    Case Number: 21-1381

    Petitioner sought summary relief and an injunction to prevent acting secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health from enforcing a COVID-19 masking order and court found governor did not declare a new disaster emergency, acting secretary lacked authority to issue the order without complying with formal rulemaking requirements and the order was void ab initio. Summary relief granted to petitioner.

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  • Sidelines Tree Serv., LLC v. Dep't of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-15
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Cannon
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    Case Number: 21-1322

    Secretary properly rejected petitioner's protest of rejection of its bid submission because substantial evidence supported secretary's determination that petitioner's history of poor performance precluded status as a responsible bidder. Affirmed.

  • Burkholder v. Dep't of Agriculture

    Publication Date: 2021-11-01
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
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    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Cannon
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    Case Number: 21-1277

    The Department of Agriculture erred in imposing ongoing penalties upon petitioner, a class IV animal kennel license holder, for two discrete unauthorized transfers of dogs in excess of the number allowed since his conduct involved two separate and discrete violations of the Dog Law, warranting separate penalties. The commonwealth court reversed in part.

  • Winton v. Dep't of Corr.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Cannon
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    Case Number: 21-1246

    Department filed preliminary objections to inmate's petition asking court to order a new investigation, issue a declaratory judgment that DOC mishandled his sexual assault allegations and issue an injunction requiring DOC to comply with the Prison Rape Elimination Act and court found inmate did not raise a viable constitutional challenge and PREA created no private cause of action. Objections sustained and petition dismissed.

  • Pub. Advocate v. Philadelphia Water, Sewer & Storm Water Rate Bd.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-11
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Cannon
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    Case Number: 21-1169

    Trial court erred in holding that public advocate could not appeal from a rate determination because city ordinance expressly authorized an appeal from a rate determination to the trial court, erred in approving city treasurer's non-recusal and erred in finding hearing officer report was sufficient but properly found the ratemaking procedure generally provided public advocate adequate participation. Affirmed in part, reversed in part, vacated in part and remanded.

  • Hutchinson v. Annville Twp. (Workers' Comp. Appeal Bd.)

    Publication Date: 2021-08-23
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Cannon
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    Case Number: 21-0959

    Claimant John Hutchinson petitioned for review of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board's orders affirming a WCJ's ruling reinstating claimant's total temporary disability benefits and granting employer Annville Township's modification petition. Claimant suffered a work-related leg fracture in June 2006 and began receiving temporary total disability.