• Anderson v. Pennsylvania Dep't of Corr.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-09
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 50 C.D. 2022

    Appellant appealed the trial court's order sustaining a preliminary objection in the nature of a demurrer based on sovereign immunity. The court reversed and remanded for further proceedings, holding that sovereign immunity was waived where appellant alleged negligence as to the care, custody or control of his personal property while the property was in appellees' possession.

  • Sinoracki v. The Children's Serv. Ctr. of Wyoming Valley

    Publication Date: 2023-10-02
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1064 MDA 2022

    Trial court properly granted summary judgment to defendants, Children's Service Center of Wyoming Valley and CSC doctor, in appellant's action for negligence after child treated by defendants assaulted and killed neighbor because appellant failed to show defendants owed neighbor's family a duty of care. Affirmed.

  • Moffit v. Miller

    Publication Date: 2023-10-02
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pelligrini
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 8 EDA 2023

    Appellant appealed a jury award and amount of damages in her action over an accident in which a car struck her while she was crossing the street and court found no abuse of discretion in allowing evidence of her intoxication, in allowing doctor to testify, in precluding testimony of an "unmarked crosswalk" and jury's verdict did not shock the conscience. Affirmed.

  • Vega v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2023-10-02
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Higgins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1612 EDA 2023

    Plaintiff, who prevailed at a jury trial in a personal injury case involving a motor vehicle accident, appealed the court's award of delay damages. Plaintiff sought delay damages in nearly twice the amount ordered by the court. The court found that plaintiff's arguments lacked merit and requested the reviewing court to affirm its order for a lesser amount of delay damages.

  • Derbyshire v. Aria Health

    Publication Date: 2023-10-02
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Cunningham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 210700236

    Slip-and-fall plaintiff appealed the court's order denying her motion for post-trial relief. The court held that defendant did not admit plaintiff's allegations of negligence and causation by failing to timely respond to her original complaint, and thus the court's order denying plaintiff's motion should be affirmed.

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  • Allen-Fillmore v. United States

    Publication Date: 2023-10-02
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Perez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-1610

    Defendant federal government moved to dismiss plaintiff's slip-and-fall personal injury suit for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, or alternatively for summary judgment. The court rejected defendant's assertion of the discretionary function exception to tort liability and denied summary judgment where genuine issues of material fact remained for resolution by a jury.

  • Quiah v. The Devereux Found. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-02
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Leadbetter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 408 C.D. 2021

    Trial court properly dismissed plaintiff's amended complaint asserting malicious prosecution and abuse of process claims because plaintiff's first complaint did not effect a transfer from federal court pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. §5103(b) and by the time she filed her amended complaint with the certified transcript, the statute of limitations had run. Affirmed.

  • Shank v. Hanover Intermodal Transport, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
    Judge: District Judge Kane
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1:23-cv-01080

    Defendants moved to dismiss plaintiff's punitive damages claims in his action over an automobile accident and court found plaintiff's allegations plausibly supported a punitive damages remedy at this stage of the litigation. Defendants' motion denied.

  • Keefer v. Basinger

    Publication Date: 2023-09-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Fayette County
    Judge: Judge Cordaro
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 68 of2023 G.D.

    Defendant filed preliminary objections to plaintiff's negligence complaint, which sought damages after defendant stuck plaintiff, a pedestrian, with her vehicle. The court sustained two of defendant's three objections and dismissed the third as moot.

  • Poplawski v. Jiunta

    Publication Date: 2023-09-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Real Estate | Retail
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Fayette County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 3338 CIVIL 2023

    Defendant landlord filed preliminary objections to plaintiff's complaint alleging that he was injured when a large mirror fell on him in a business leased from defendant. The court denied defendant's objections, finding that discovery would provide further clarity on defendant's role and potential liability.