• Krishnan v. The Cutler Group, Inc

    Publication Date: 2017-10-24
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Appeals | Real Estate
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Presiding Judge Bender
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-1599

    Trial court correctly found for appellees in their common law fraud, breach of contract, breach of warranties and UTPCPL claims against home builder for defective stucco because the evidence supported the breach of warranties claim, the UTPCPL claim was not time-barred and appellees did not need to prove all the elements of common law fraud to state a claim under the UTPCPL catchall provision but trial court abused its discretion in calculating appellees attorney fees by limiting the award based on the contingency agreement.

  • Keystone Cab Service, Inc. et al v. Pa. Public Utility Commn

    Publication Date: 2017-10-24
    Practice Area: Discovery | Public Utilities
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Ann Covey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-1587

    The taxi companies who challenged petitioners application to purchase taxi operating rights were properly barred from introducing certain exhibits at an administrative hearing where they failed to produce those exhibits during discovery in accordance with 52 Pa. Code 5.321. The court affirmed a Public Utility Commission decision affirming the grant of petitioners application

  • In Re: J.D.H

    Publication Date: 2017-10-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Ott
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-1596

    Trial court did not abuse its discretion in changing permanency goal to adoption after only seven months of foster care. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • In Re: Estate of Easterday, deceased

    Publication Date: 2017-10-24
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Lazarus
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-1594

    Insurance beneficiary designation was not statutorily invalidated due to the pendency of a divorce proceeding between the insured decedent and named beneficiary. Order of the orphans court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Moyer

    Publication Date: 2017-10-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-1591

    Defendant was not entitled to retroactive application of the holding in Birchfield v. North Dakota, wherein the U.S. Supreme Court held that the criminalization of a suspects refusal to consent to a blood test violates the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, since she failed to challenge the warrantless blood draw at any stage of the litigation prior to a nunc pro tunc post-sentence motion. The appellate court affirmed defendants judgment of sentence.

  • Dunstan v. Bayer Essure, Inc

    Publication Date: 2017-10-24
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Aerospace | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Padova
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-1592

    Plaintiffs asserting breach of warranty claims in this suit were not required to allege the precise dates and locations where they encountered defendants warranties since the court required only sufficient facts to support a reasonable inference that the warranties were the bases of the parties bargain. The court denied in part defendants motion to dismiss.

  • Commonwealth v. Horn

    Publication Date: 2017-10-24
    Practice Area: Attorney Rates and Arrangements | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-1590

    The appellate court lacked jurisdiction over defendants appeal from an order denying his petition to remove himself from the accelerated rehabilitative disposition program because acceptance into and termination from the program involve interlocutory matters. The court quashed defendants appeal.

  • Burke v. Independence Blue Cross

    Publication Date: 2017-10-24
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Aerospace | Health Care | Insurance
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Saylor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-1588

    Under the Autism Recovery Law, the defendant insurers place-of-services exclusion in plaintiffs policy was ineffective to foreclose coverage for in-school, applied behavioral analysis treatment for plaintiffs son, who was diagnosed with an autism-spectrum disorder. The court affirmed a lower court order finding the exclusion ineffective.

  • Adorers of the Blood of Christ v. Federal Energy Regulatory Comm

    Publication Date: 2017-10-24
    Practice Area: Energy and Natural Resources | Land Use and Planning | Regulations
    Industry: Energy | Non-Profit
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Schmehl
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-1589

    The district court lacked jurisdiction to hear plaintiffs Religious Freedom Restoration Act claims challenging the grant of their property for use in constructing an interstate fossil fuel pipeline where plaintiffs failed to participate at all in a hearing before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The court granted defendants motion to dismiss.

  • Twp. of Plain Grove v. Isabella

    Publication Date: 2017-10-24
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-1526

    Twp. of Plain Grove v. Isabella