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  • Klar v. Dairy Farmers of Am., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 29 WAP 2022

    Lower courts properly held that company's act of purchasing and providing beer for company golf outing was insufficient to trigger civil liability for injuries caused by its intoxicated guest and Dram Shop Act was inapplicable as was common law negligence. Affirmed.

  • Vargas v. United Modular Enter., LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
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    Case Number: 2022-05051

    Appellant filed an appeal challenging the court's order sustaining preliminary objections raised by appellees and dismissing appellant's complaint with prejudice. The court determined that appellant failed to prove that he made good-faith efforts to timely serve appellees and recommended that its order remain in effect.

  • Goodell v. Stroble

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Carlucci
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    Case Number: 22-00906

    The court considered plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment in a case involving a dog attack. Motion granted in part and denied in part.

  • Jennings v. Lycoming County SPCA

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Carlucci
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    Case Number: CV 23-00512

    Defendant animal shelter filed preliminary objections to plaintiff's personal injury claim and claim for punitive damages resulting from a dog attack. Court granted defendant's objections in part and denied in part.

  • Lynch v. Ducasse

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
    Judge: District Judge Mariani
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    Case Number: 3:18-CV-2044

    Plaintiff moved for delay damages under Pa.R.Civ.P. 238 and court found defendant failed to cite any case law and to meet her burden of showing plaintiff was not entitled to delay damages since the period of time during which trials could not occur in the district due to COVID-19 was not excludable in the calculation of delay damages. Motion granted.

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  • Szydlowski v. Pusz

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Zulick
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    Case Number: 5649 CV 2020

    Material questions of fact precluded entry of summary judgment in favor of defendant homeowners in plaintiff's action alleging social host liability for furnishing alcohol to a minor. The court denied defendants' summary judgment motion in part and granted it in part.

  • York v. Kanan

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Wojcik
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    Case Number: 626 C.D. 2022

    Trial court did not err in its jury instructions on malicious prosecution and willful misconduct in plaintiff's false arrest and malicious prosecution action because the plain language of the Tort Claims Act and case law did not support his contentions as to willful misconduct and he failed to present facts that would distinguish his case from the prevailing standard as to malicious prosecution. Affirmed.

  • Quijada v. Affordabail Bail Bonds

    Publication Date: 2023-07-24
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Higgins
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    Case Number: 8091-CV-2018

    Plaintiffs did not produce sufficient evidence of trespass on their land or civil conspiracy to survive summary judgment. Defendant's motion for summary judgment granted.

  • Monge v. Univ. of Pennsylvania

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Pratter
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    Case Number: 22-2942

    Defendant Society of Black Archaeologists moved to dismiss plaintiff's action over statements about her made by defendant and court found it had no personal jurisdiction over defendant, defendant's website was a passive website that merely made information available via the internet and defendant did not have sufficient minimum contacts with Pennsylvania to justify personal jurisdiction. Motion granted.

  • Nedelton v. Keebler

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Lloret
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    Case Number: 2:21-CV-03305-RAL

    Truck driver's employer moved for summary judgment in plaintiff pedestrian's action over his injuries from being struck by truck and court found plaintiff proffered sufficient facts to create a jury question on the driver's scope of employment and employer's vicarious liability. Motion denied.