By VerdictSearch | November 2, 2017
On Jan. 30, 2014, plaintiff Rachid Saladhine, 49, a property manager, was driving on Woodhaven Road, in Northeast Philadelphia. His front-seat passenger was plaintiff James Ruffin, a carpenter in his 60s.
By Alexa Woronowicz | September 29, 2017
Broadcast licensor entitled to statutory damages for unlawful signal intercept where business' purchase of residential license instead of commercial license evidence reckless disregard, as business had previously purchased commercial licenses from licensor. Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment granted.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | September 1, 2017
Plaintiff's purchase of a used vehicle qualified as a consumer transaction even though a small percentage of his mileage was for commercial purposes. Defendant violated consumer protection law by failing to disclose problems with the vehicle.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | September 1, 2017
Trial court erred in finding that health-care company had no duty to residents of nursing home that health-care company was contractually bound to manage and oversee, in executor's action over nursing home resident's death, and the fact that nursing home had a nondelegable duty under 'Thomson' in direct corporate liability did not absolve health-care company from the duty it assumed and executor was entitled to a new trial on punitive damages. Judgment reversed, appeal dismissed, order affirmed and remanded.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | August 4, 2017
Trial court properly found architectural firm liable only for rent and construction loan interest in action by restaurant asserting breach of an architectural and engineering services contract because trial court properly excluded change request documents since those documents were not modifications to the contract and were not proper evidence of rock removal and dewatering costs as they were created by a third party and there was no evidence to corroborate the authenticity of the documents. Affirmed.
By Max Mitchell | August 2, 2017
If last month's ruling tossing a $38 million punitive damages verdict is allowed to stand, it will create a "morass" that poses significant hurdles for bringing punitive damages claims, the plaintiffs have said in an effort to secure reconsideration from an expanded Pennsylvania Superior Court panel.
By Max Mitchell | July 21, 2017
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has tossed out a $38.5 million punitive damages award in a case involving a fatal shooting at a Kraft factory, but according to several plaintiffs attorneys, the ruling tossed out much more than money.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 7, 2017
Plaintiff was obligated to arbitrate arbitrability where her employment agreement contained a delegation provision which she did not challenge specifically and all the defendants, including non-signatories to the agreement, were covered under the arbitration agreement under agency theory. The court granted defendants' motion to compel arbitration.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 7, 2017
Summary judgment as to the amount of damages due was appropriate where the checks for payments made by defendant were submitted with the motion and correctly tabulated in a ledger provided by an affiant with personal knowledge of the case.
By Max Mitchell | July 6, 2017
The class suing Bucks County over its searchable database of former inmates won't be able to recover compensatory damages, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be able to seek punitive damages, a federal appeals court has ruled in a case that appeared to address an issue of first impression for the circuit.
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