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  • Adler v. Schofield

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Discovery
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Anders
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    Case Number: 373 EDA 2024

    In a § 1925(a) opinion, the trial court requested that the Superior Court affirm its order granting summary judgment to the defendant in a motor vehicle collision case.

  • Acme Site Restoration LLC v. Matsonford Garage

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Construction
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Powell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 03812

    The court urged the Superior Court to affirm its verdict in favor of defendants due to the plaintiff's failure to seek damages to its property in its previous replevin action.

  • Dwyer v. Ameriprise Fin., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 2 WAP 2023

    Trial court erred in concluding that plaintiffs were not entitled to treble damages under the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law after the jury had already awarded them punitive damages on their tort claims. Order of the superior court reversed, case remanded.

  • United States v. Wang

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Bartle
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    Case Number: 20-254-2-4

    Court denied defendants' motions for acquittal and new trial where the government met its burden to overcome defendants' entrapment defense as defendants appeared to eagerly and voluntarily participate in the conspiracy and understand the risks of criminal prosecution.

  • Commonwealth v. Thompson

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 1432 WDA 2022

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence entered on his conviction for homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence and other crimes. The court affirmed, holding that appellant suffered no violation of his Confrontation Clause rights where the trial court accepted evidence of the vehicles' event data recorder information as extracted and analyzed by a responding police officer who testified as a Commonwealth expert in accident reconstruction.

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  • Saber v. Navy Fed. Credit Union

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Coyle
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    Case Number: 00635

    Appellant filed a notice of appeal of the court's order denying his motion for title of vehicle. The court requested that the appeal be dismissed for appellant's failure to file a concise statement of matters complained of on appeal.

  • Commonwealth v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 2725 EDA 2022

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence on his non-jury trial conviction for criminal contempt. The court affirmed, holding that the evidence was sufficient to support appellant's conviction where he admittedly made a "gun" gesture at a testifying witness upon entering the courtroom, even where the gesture was not seen by the witness or the trial court.

  • Johnson v. Omni Prop. Serv. Mgmt., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Pratter
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    Case Number: 22-4539

    Plaintiff failed to present evidence contradicting defendants' payroll records demonstrating that defendants employed fewer than 15 workers, requiring dismissal of plaintiff's Title VII claim. Defendants' motion to dismiss granted.

  • Bernard v. Ignelzi

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
    Judge: District Judge Stickman
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    Case Number: 2:23-cv-1463

    Plaintiffs sued two judges for alleged violations of their constitutional rights in a landlord-tenant case over which defendant judges presided. The court granted judicial defendants' motion to dismiss on the basis of absolute judicial immunity where the judges had jurisdiction over ongoing post-judgment discovery matters while plaintiffs' sought appellate review.

  • City of Lancaster v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Public Utilities
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Brobson
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    Case Number: 107 MAP 2022

    Public Utility Commission regulations concerning the placement of gas meters in historic districts did not constitute unconstitutional delegation of legislative/regulatory authority to public utilities where the legislature had never passed a law mandating the placement of meters, which had traditionally been left to the discretion of the utilities. Order of the commonwealth court reversed, case remanded.