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Pennsylvania Superior Court upholds ruling in wrongful death suit
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has upheld a Berks County Common Pleas Court ruling denying summary judgment in a wrongful death lawsuit against Frankie & Eddie’s Hanover Inn and RCA Insurance Group. -
Supreme Court to hear malpractice case with Facebook posts used as evidence
A woman who claimed several medical providers failed to diagnose her with Lyme disease will be taking a medical malpractice suit to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and have her Facebook posts used as evidence against her. -
No new trial for woman struck by bus in Allentown
HARRISBURG – A woman lost her appeal and will not get a new trial seeking damages after being involved in a pedestrian/bus accident, according to a ruling Sept. 6 from the state Superior Court. -
Superior Court won't overturn med-mal jury verdict in favor of Einstein Medical Center, others
HARRISBURG – The state Superior Court has affirmed the judgment of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas for the defendant in a medical malpractice lawsuit. -
Nursing home's parent company might face vicarious liability after appeals court decision
HARRISBURG – A Pennsylvania man is set to get a new trial after a three-judge Superior Court panel unanimously overturned a lower court’s decision that dismissed his lawsuit against a nursing home's parent company. -
Superior Court upholds dismissal of Seven Springs chairlift accident case
HARRISBURG – The dismissal of a lawsuit filed after a man who fell from a chairlift and was injured at Seven Springs Mountain Resort Inc. was upheld in an Aug. 7 ruling from the state Superior Court. -
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 nixes attorneys fees on counter-claim in contract dispute
HARRISBURG – The state Superior Court ruled on Aug. 4 that Sea-Z Inc. may be eligible to receive compensation for attorneys fees incurred fighting a 2011 lawsuit against the company by a contractor. -
UPMC wins appeal in liver donor lawsuit after family waits 12 years to file
HARRISBURG – The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has won an appeal of two parents and their son that involved an unhealthy liver donation and the time in which they filed their lawsuit. -
Superior Court affirms transfer order Pennsylvania Turnpike accident suit
HARRISBURG – In a decision entered in late July, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania ruled to affirm a motion to transfer venue in a tractor-trailer injury accident case. -
State Supreme Court ruling changes outcome of wrongful death appeal
HARRISBURG – A wrongful death and survival lawsuit was sent back to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County for trial after a state Supreme Court ruling set a new precedent, according to a ruling made July 11 by the state Superior Court. -
Forum-shopping argument rejected in lawsuit over prison inmate who hanged herself
HARRISBURG – The state Superior Court has rejected the appeal of Community Education Centers Inc., which argued that a plaintiff engaged in forum-shopping. -
Superior Court dismisses case alleging bone injury caused by needle biopsy
HARRISBURG – On June 29, the state Superior Court affirmed the ruling of a lower court to dismiss a lawsuit claiming that a doctor performing a needle biopsy on a patient’s prostate caused an injury that led to the deterioration of the patient’s pelvic bone. -
Court rules Coopermatics owners liable for employee's unpaid commission claims
HARRISBURG – On July 6, the state Superior Court denied the appeal of the former owners of Coopermatics Inc., a now-defunct Northampton industrial filtration supply company, of a lower court’s judgment that it was liable for unpaid sales representative commissions accrued prior to the company’s sale. -
Superior Court upholds $132,935 judgment in favor of King Investment Group
HARRISBURG – A $132,935 judgment entered in a real estate agreement breach-of-contract case was upheld in a July 6 in a Superior Court of Pennsylvania appeal ruling. -
Superior Court rules against man fighting murder conviction who sued his lawyer
HARRISBURG – The state Superior Court has affirmed a lower court's granting of summary judgment to an attorney sued for malpractice by a prison inmate he had formerly represented. -
Court tosses preliminary injunction against former Letterle & Associates employee
HARRISBURG – The state Superior Court has overturned a preliminary injunction granted in 2016 that prohibited P. Joseph Lehman Inc. employee Steven J. Treschow from sharing confidential information related to the clients of former employer Letterle & Associates Inc., according to a July 6 ruling. -
Northwest Savings Bank found not liable in restaurant embezzlement scheme
HARRISBURG – A Superior Court panel has ruled that a Clearfield County restaurant owner can’t hold a local bank liable for cashing embezzled checks from her former accounting bookkeeper. -
Whistleblowing doctor to face arbitration of termination case
PHILADELPHIA – A whistleblowing doctor who complained about her employer treating a chiropractor as a licensed physician has seen her opponents win their court appeal that will send the dispute to arbitration. -
Super Bowl ticketholders lose effort to add claim to lawsuit over lost seats
HARRISBURG – The state Superior Court has upheld a trial court's decision regarding seats at Super Bowl XLV that prevents the plaintiffs from filing a second amended complaint.