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Publication Date: 2024-03-01
Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
Industry: Construction | Legal Services
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Chester County
Judge: Judge Mahon
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Case Number: 2022-01390-IR
The court filed a §1925(a) opinion urging the Superior Court to affirm its order confirming an arbitration award in favor of defendants and denying plaintiff's cross petition to vacate the award in a case in which defendants sought to recover attorneys' fees owed it by plaintiff.
Publication Date: 2024-03-01
Practice Area: Contracts
Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Insurance | Legal Services
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Allen
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Case Number: 00733
Plaintiffs appealed the court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants in plaintiffs' actions for legal malpractice and breach of contract. The court explained that it granted defendants' motions in the consolidated actions where plaintiffs failed to show the existence of a contract or attorney-client relationship between the pertinent parties in a multi-party dispute about negligent handling of a workers' compensation claim.
Publication Date: 2024-02-23
Practice Area: Litigation
Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Woods-Skipper
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Case Number: 00189
In this §1925(a) opinion, the court asked the Superior Court to dismiss the appeal of its order approving a petition to settle wrongful death and survivor action including the court's directive that attorneys' fees and costs in dispute be deposited in escrow pending resolution of a dispute pending in Commerce Court in a proper exercise of its judicial discretion pursuant to 42 Pa. C.S. §323.
Publication Date: 2024-02-16
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Bowes
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Case Number: 1541 EDA 2023
Appellant's counsel filed a petition to withdraw and a supporting Anders brief. The court denied the petition where counsel presented an impermissible hybrid advocate's/no-merit brief that identified a potentially meritorious issue on appeal.
Publication Date: 2024-01-29
Practice Area: Public Records
Industry: Legal Services | State and Local Government
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
Judge: Judge Patti-Worthington
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Case Number: 407 CR 2023
Appellant appealed the court's order granting appellee's petition for review and request for civil penalties pursuant to the Right-to-Know Law. The court concluded that its order should be affirmed where appellant had waived all of the issues that it raised on appeal due to its overly lengthy and redundant concise statement of issues complained of on appeal.
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Publication Date: 2024-01-29
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: Legal Services | State and Local Government
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Montgomery-Reeves
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Case Number: 22-2340
District court properly denied Assistant District Attorney's motion to dismiss §1983 charges against him, for fabricating evidence, on absolute immunity grounds because ADA's alleged conduct served an investigatory function and ADA was not entitled to absolute immunity. Affirmed.
Publication Date: 2024-01-29
Practice Area: Family Law
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Bender
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Case Number: 962 WDA 2022
Denial of law firm's petition for fees and costs did not itself deprive couple subsequently adjudicated incapacitated of their choice of counsel, but the trial court exercised its discretion to deny fees and costs where it found the firm's services to be unreasonable or unnecessary. Orders of the trial court affirmed.
Publication Date: 2024-01-22
Practice Area: Law Firm Client Relationships
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Foglietta
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Case Number: 00472
The court filed its §1925(a) opinion urging the Superior Court to affirm its orders of May 26, 2023, denying plaintiff's motions for summary judgment and for sanctions against the defendant, who was accused of professional malpractice by the plaintiff, because the plaintiff failed to file timely a statement of matters complained of on appeal pursuant to §1925(b).
Publication Date: 2024-01-22
Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Legal Services
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
Judge: District Judge Wilson
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Case Number: 1:14-CV-01162
Court reduced counsel's hourly rate and some of the billed hours where prevailing party in Fair Debt Collection Practices Act action failed to show that qualified counsel in the district was unavailable or unwilling to handle the case. Plaintiff's motion for legal fees and costs granted in part and denied in part.
Publication Date: 2024-01-15
Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Legal Services | Recruitment and Staffing
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Kearney
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Case Number: 20-4661
Plaintiff sought declaratory relief based on an alleged settlement agreement and court found defendant did not expressly authorize its lawyers to settle the case under terms defined in a March 10, 2020 settlement agreement and there was no meeting of the minds and no contract. Judgment for defendant.
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