Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas
Recent News About Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas
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Elliott Greenleaf firm's suit to recover over $150K in fees not going back to Montgomery County court
PHILADELPHIA – A lawsuit brought by a Montgomery County law firm to recover more than $150,000 in counsel and other fees from the current chief executive officer of Mobilactive and the one-time executive vice president and general counsel of Comcast Corporation will not be remanded to state court. -
PetsMart sued by man who says he slipped in ear cleaner after Bullmastiff shook its head
PHILADELPHIA – A lawsuit filed by a Norristown couple regarding a slip and fall inside PetSmart and Banfield Pet Hospital in Plymouth Meeting has taken a turn as the companies filed to remove the case to a federal court. -
Contractor allegedly electrocuted at Home Depot will not have case expedited, judge says
PHILADELPHIA – The case of a contractor who suffered an electric shock renovating a break room in Home Depot will not be expedited on a faster case management track, according to the decision of a state judge. -
Woman allegedly injured outside Fox & Hound pub settles with establishment
PHILADELPHIA – A lawsuit centered on a Conshohocken woman allegedly injured outside a popular pub in King of Prussia has been settled and ended, according to court records. -
Widow accuses Sunrise of Lafayette Hill of breach of duty, negligence
PHILADELPHIA — A widow is suing Sunrise of Lafayette Hill and others, citing alleged breach of duty and negligence. -
Worker sues telescopic ladder distributor Regal Ideas for alleged brain injury
PHILADELPHIA — A worker is suing Regal Ideas Inc. and other companies, citing alleged negligence and product liability. -
Electrocuted contractor's pre-complaint discovery requests criticized by defense as 'overly broad'
PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for defendants listed in an action where a contractor who suffered an electric shock renovating a break room in Home Depot have called his requests for pre-complaint discovery “overly broad” and seek to have a protective order approved to preclude it. -
Witnesses refute the alleged tale of a vulgar, orange-throwing neurologist
MEDIA – A Delaware County judge has stricken both several allegations and a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress from a lawsuit leveled against a neurologist by a female patient, which charged him with bizarre allegations of sexual harassment. -
Venue arguments ensue in lawsuit against Fox & Hound Bar over woman's fall
PHILADELPHIA – A Conshohocken woman allegedly injured outside a pub in King of Prussia is filing suit to recover costs for her injuries, though debate has ensued about the propriety of the case’s choice of venue. -
Bucks County groundwater contaminated thanks to 3M, lawsuits claim
PHILADELPHIA – A Bucks County woman is one of more than a dozen plaintiffs alleging exposure to carcinogenic chemical agents found in local drinking water and supposedly contaminated by a number of corporate defendants, including 3M. -
Plaintiffs allege their longtime lawyer committed malpractice, failed to inform them of judgment
PHILADELPHIA – A father and son pair of plaintiffs allege their former counsel committed professional malpractice by not informing them of a six-figure judgment levied against them, in addition to other forms of legal negligence. -
Patient's appeal of malpractice trial result not valid, rules Superior Court
HARRISBURG – A three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania threw out the post-trial appeal of a plaintiff who filed a medical malpractice complaint against Philadelphia-area doctors for reasons of jurisdiction, due to the trial court not having entered a final judgment on the case’s verdict. -
Collegeville company says marketing communications firm broke lease terms and didn't vacate premises
NORRISTOWN – A Montgomery County property management company alleges that a marketing communications firm has failed to vacate its premises after the termination of a lease agreement, and has subsequently sued for breach of contract. -
Plaintiffs firm represented whistleblower in secret to avoid paying referral fee from multimillion-dollar case, lawsuit claims
PHILADELPHIA – A Texas personal injury law firm claims it is owed part of $16 million awarded to a corporate whistleblower because colleagues effectively poached the client and represented him in secret. -
Elliott Greenleaf law firm seeking $150K+ in legal fees from former Comcast General Counsel Terry Bienstock
PHILADELPHIA – A Montgomery County law firm is pursuing the recovery of more than $150,000 in counsel and other fees from the current chief executive officer of Mobilactive and the one-time executive vice-president and general counsel of Comcast Corporation. -
Parents of student molested at Gwynedd-Mercy Academy sue school
PHILADELPHIA – A private Catholic school in Lower Gwynedd Township, its operators and sponsors are now facing a major negligence lawsuit from the parents of a seventh-grade female student who was allegedly sexually molested multiple times by one of the school’s now-former (and convicted) IT workers both on and off-campus. -
Superior Court affirms transfer of whistleblower's multimillion-dollar legal malpractice case
HARRISBURG – The state Superior Court has affirmed a previous ruling that changed venue in an appeal brought by a whistleblower seeking a piece of a $56 million settlement. -
Doctor again dealt dismissal of lawsuit against Abington School District over speaking time at meeting
HARRISBURG – The state Commonwealth Court recently affirmed dismissal of a complaint filed by a doctor against the Abington School District after its school board limited his time to speak at a school board meeting. -
Superior Court reverses ruling in long-running lawsuit between North Wales senior center, rabbi's estate
PHILADELPHIA – A seven-year-long legal battle between a North Wales senior medical care provider and the estate of a long-serving northwest Philadelphia rabbi is on its way back to common pleas court after a higher court ruling earlier in August. -
Superior Court: Automobile dealer didn't commit bait-and-switch, violate Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania affirmed a trial court’s granting of summary judgment to an automobile dealer in an action where its plaintiffs claimed said dealer violated lawful business practices.