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  • K.I. Lipton, Inc. v. Primavera Sys., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-19
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Advertising | Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Montgomery County
    Judge: Judge Saltz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0895

    Defendants did not breach a non-solicitation provision in the parties' custom publish agreement by hiring independent contractors who had worked for plaintiff on a magazine since the non-solicitation provision applied only to the parties' "employees." The court entered judgment for defendants.

  • Woodson v. Woodson

    Publication Date: 2019-07-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Adams County
    Judge: Judge Simpson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0783

    Wife's survivor benefit should have been included in the equitable distribution of property. The court ordered wife to roll over a portion of her retirement account to accomplish an immediate offset.

  • A.B. v. K.R.K.Y.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-17
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Carbon County
    Judge: Judge Nanovic
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0630

    The court granted mother primary custody of the parties' three children, continuing an arrangement that father had agreed to, given the lack of evidence that mother disparaged father's faith and that the children had been well taken care of under the existing arrangement. The trial court granted mother primary custody.

  • In the Interest of: K.M.R.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Hodge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0589

    There is no statutory requirement or state precedent requiring that the testimony or preference of a child be placed on the record as an integral part of a termination proceeding and thus no support for parents' argument that their children were withheld from the court and barred from testifying in violation of the Child Protective Services Laws. The trial court recommended affirmance.

  • Burrell v. Streamlight, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-03
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Manufacturing | Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Montgomery County
    Judge: Judge Saltz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0596

    A worker qualified as a borrowed servant, so the employer was immune from liability for negligence, because the worker had already received compensation under the Workers' Compensation Act.

  • Pennsylvania Trust Co. v. Wilkes-Barre Hospital Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-13
    Practice Area: Damages | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0475

    Defendant's economic expert was barred from referencing the discount of the infant plaintiff's future life care costs to present value since Pennsylvania case law and §509 of the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error Act do not permit damage awards for future medical expenses to be reduced to present value by the application of a discount factor. The court granted plaintiff's motion in limine.

  • Pennsylvania Trust Co. v. Wilkes-Barre Hospital Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-13
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0474

    Pursuant to Aldridge v. Edmunds and its progeny, defendant's medical expert could make limited reference to textual materials in explaining the basis for his opinion that, contrary to plaintiff's assertion, the infant plaintiff did not meet the "entry criteria" for initiating certain treatment. The court granted in part and denied in part plaintiff's motion in limine.

  • In the Interest of K.M.R. & J.L.A.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Hodge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0311

    Clear and convincing evidence supported the termination of parental rights in this case, and the court did not err in failing to require the children to be present at the involuntary termination hearings.

  • Commonwealth v. Sierra-Mojica

    Publication Date: 2019-02-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
    Judge: Judge Steinberg
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0044

    The trial court exercised its discretion to revoke defendant's probation and incarcerate him on new felony drug charges committed less than two months after his release given the likelihood that he would reoffend if not imprisoned and the absence of any documented rehabilitative needs or mitigating circumstances. The trial court recommended dismissal of defendant's appeal.

  • Kellock v. Wilkes-Barre Hospital Co. et al, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-01-15
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-1605

    The court granted plaintiffs leave to amend their complaint in this medical malpractice suit arising from the care provided to the plaintiff mother during the birth of her child where the proposed amendments merely amplified the existing allegations of defendant's vicarious liability for the alleged negligence of its actual or ostensible agents. The court granted plaintiffs' motion for leave to amend.