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South Avis Realty loses appeal, must pay half of railroad crossing restoration cost
&&&HARRISBURG — The Superior Court of Pennsylvania upheld a ruling denying South Avis Realty Inc.’s request for reimbursement of the $14,470 it paid to cover its half of the cost of restoring a railroad crossing, according to May 12 documents. -
Superior Court upholds exclusion of expert testimony in Zoloft birth-defect lawsuit
PHILADELPHIA — The state Superior Court upheld a lower court's decision to exclude expert testimony in a lawsuit filed by a Philadelphia couple against pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline who claimed that the anti-depressant drug Zoloft led to their son's birth defect. -
Superior Court reverses ruling, says six-figure sum in Wells Fargo account not exempt from garnishment
PHILADELPHIA — The state Superior Court has reversed a Bucks County judgment, with the appeals court holding that nearly $200,000 in a Wells Fargo bank account wasn't exempt from garnishment by Bollard & Associates. -
Superior Court reinstates wrongful death lawsuit against hospital
HARRISBURG — The Superior Court of Pennsylvania on May 8 reversed a lower court’s decision that granted judgment to a hospital where a woman died in an emergency room based on the timeliness of the plaintiff's filing. -
Woman whose bowel was cut nearly in half during hysterectomy to get new trial, appeals court rules
PITTSBURGH — An appeals court granted a new trial to a woman who lost her medical malpractice suit against a surgeon who severed her bowel while performing her hysterectomy. -
Former USAir flight attendant loses appeal in legal malpractice case
A former flight attendant for USAir, after years of battling in court to receive disability benefits, has lost her legal malpractice case against the attorneys who formerly represented her. -
New trial ordered after jurors googled litigant's past
HARRISBURG — The state Superior Court recently affirmed a decision by a trial court to allow a new trial to proceed in a dispute that involves jurors accessing information that was not permitted by the court. -
Superior Court affirms dismissal of wrongful termination case against Nova Chemicals
PITTSBURGH — The state Superior Court has found that the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County was correct in dismissing Joseph Gross’s wrongful termination case against Nova Chemicals Services. -
Couple's appeal against Deutsche Bank thrown out because of late response
PHILADELPHIA — Timely appeals are still necessary regardless of the underlying facts, according to a non-precedential ruling from the Pennsylvania Superior Court. -
Superior Court rejects Honda’s call for new trial in $55M case
PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania appeals court has rejected American Honda Motor Co.’s motion for a new trial after a lower court’s jury awarded $55.3 million in damages to Carlos Martinez, who was paralyzed in an accident in a Honda vehicle. -
Superior Court gives new life to decade-old lawsuit
PITTSBURGH — The state Superior Court has reversed a Westmoreland County decision that had granted summary judgment to a maker of "belleville washers" in a long-running lawsuit over trade secrets. -
Retired railroad worker loses appeal alleging negligence by Norfolk Southern, Consolidated Rail
PHILADELPHIA — A lifelong railroad worker won’t be able to hold his employer liable for what he claimed were unsafe working conditions that led to long-term injuries. -
Superior Court holds foreclosure case open until deadline issue is resolved
PHILADELPHIA — A lower court will be asked to decide whether an appeal filed in a mortgage foreclosure case was filed within a court-ordered deadline, according to a Pennsylvania Superior Court decision handed down April 24. -
Wheel makers not responsible for foot injury suffered at modular home manufacturing site, Superior Court rules
HARRISBURG — The Superior Court of Pennsylvania recently denied an appeal seeking injury damages by a former employee at a modular home manufacturing plant in Renniger v. A&R Machine Shop and Cass Hudson Company. -
Superior Court upholds judgment to dismiss pharmaceutical patent suit
PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Superior Court on April 3 upheld a lower court’s judgment in a licensing agreement dispute between a pharmaceutical company and the creators of a drug technology. -
Testimony of plaintiff's expert not enough, Superior Court rules in med-mal case
PHILADELPHIA – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania recently upheld a lower court ruling that granted a request for compulsory non-suit in a lawsuit filed against Dr. David A. Vaughn and Surgical Specialists of Lancaster. -
Third-party financing of litigation is a crime in Pennsylvania
The negative effects of champerty and the bad incentives it creates are well-documented and have been known for centuries. Nevertheless, it has its appeal for attorneys hoping to profit by it without being challenged and held accountable. -
Superior Court affirms medical malpractice win for defendants
PHILADELPHIA – The Superior Court recently ruled in favor of defendants Chestnut Hill Hospital, Tri-County Emergency Physicians and many of its associates in an appeal filed by Ellesia Blaque of a trial court decision clearing the healthcare provider of medical malpractice. -
Luzerne County judge cites Right To Farm Act and rules to dismiss neighbors' nuisance complaints
WILKES-BARRE – A state court judge cited Pennsylvania’s Right To Farm Act (RTFA) in recently dismissing a case from neighbors who filed a lawsuit over the use of liquid swine manure as part of the defendants' farming operations. -
Superior Court upholds Philadelphia court's decision to transfer casino injury suit to Bucks County
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a state court in Philadelphia was not in error when it transferred a plaintiff’s premises liability action against a Bensalem casino to its counterpart court in Bucks County.