• Van Horn v. The Giant Co., LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-06-07
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Retail
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Carpenter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2149 EDA 2023

    The court filed a § 1925(a) opinion in support of its order granting defendant's motion to transfer the venue of this slip and fall case to Montgomery County.

  • Martinez v. Elsner Eng'g Works, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-31
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Anders
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2246 EDA 2023

    Personal injury plaintiff appealed the trial court's order sustaining defendant's preliminary objection as to venue and transferring the action to another county. The court concluded that the Superior Court should reverse the court's venue order where plaintiff alleged claims against a corporation that was a successor-in-interest to a company which allegedly designed, manufactured and sold defective equipment in the county in which plaintiff filed suit.

  • Turner v. Lower Merion Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-24
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Education
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 657 C.D. 2023

    Appellants appealed the trial court's order granting appellee school district's motion for judgment on the pleadings and dismissing their negligence complaint with prejudice. The court affirmed, holding that appellants' suit did not fall within the real property exception to governmental immunity where their claim stemmed from an injury caused by personalty rather than realty, namely a temporary kickball base not affixed to the ground that slid out from under a high school student during a physical education class.

  • Stampone v. Amann

    Publication Date: 2024-05-22
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-1617

    Frederick and Marta Jo Stampone filed a lawsuit against 35 individuals and entities, alleging claims such as conspiracy, kidnapping, elder abuse, and constitutional violations arising from Marta Jo's conservatorship and medical care.

  • Morgan v. Compton

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Carlucci
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: CV-22-01100

    Defendant satisfied the three prongs required to open the default judgment entered against him on plaintiff's complaint for personal injuries. Petition to open default judgment granted.

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  • Ferraro v. Patterson-Erie Corp.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1 WAP 2023

    Making only one attempt to serve process after filing a complaint and waiting eight months to effect service, after the limitations period would have expired, did not constitute good faith diligence at timely serving process. Order of the superior court reversed.

  • Legions v. Abdurasulov

    Publication Date: 2024-05-03
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Transportation
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 4545 CIVIL 2022

    Defendant, as the owner of a semi-trailer mistakenly placed in use by a truck driver, sought summary judgment in a personal injury suit brought by a plaintiff who was injured in a subsequent accident involving the trailer. The court granted the motion, holding that defendant bore no vicarious liability for the truck driver's alleged negligence where defendant's trailer was taken without authorization and became involved in the accident before defendant was even aware of the truck driver's mistake.

  • Truong v. Nghiem

    Publication Date: 2024-04-26
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas
    Judge: Judge Powell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 00472

    In this §1925(a) opinion, the trial court asked the Superior Court to affirm its orders granting motions in limine that precluded the plaintiff in a motor vehicle collision case from introducing evidence concerning her future medical expenses and treatment for her permanent injuries and precluding presentation of testimony or evidence concerning a medial branch block and radio ablation that she underwent more than two years after her initial treatment.

  • Stover v. Chester Downs & Marina, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-04-26
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Baylson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-1416

    Court denied defendant's motion for summary judgment in trip-and-fall case where there were genuine issues of material fact as to whether defendant had actual or constructive notice of the presence of a component of a traffic control device defendant used on its property.

  • Wavrzyniak v. United Methodist Church of West Chester

    Publication Date: 2024-04-19
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Chester County
    Judge: Judge Binder
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2023-04143-TT

    The court overruled defendant's preliminary objections in the nature of demurrers to plaintiffs' complaint for injuries sustained by plaintiffs' minor child while in the custody of UMC's child-care program and ordered defendant to file an answer.