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Lackawanna College once again facing claims from football players severely injured in practice drill
HARRISBURG – Judges from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania have reinstated a lawsuit against Lackawanna Junior College and members of its football program staff, filed on behalf of two of its former football players seriously injured in a full-contact practice drill. -
Superior Court upholds judgment in favor of mother whose son received untimely meningitis diagnosis
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has ruled to affirm a federal court’s decision to award multimillion-dollar damages to the mother of an infant son for the damages resulting from his untimely diagnosis of meningitis, in a medical malpractice action. -
Injured truck driver gets no relief in appeal of 'non-suit' ruling
HARRISBURG – A trial court order that found an alleged tire malfunction-related injury lawsuit constituted a non-suit was upheld on appeal in a Feb. 28 decision issued by the Superior Court. -
Incomplete record, trial judge's retirement costs homeowner victory over allegedly defective windows
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has vacated a judgment awarded in favor of a homeowner whose house was damaged as a result of allegedly faulty windows because a lower court was ultimately unable to explain its ruling and the lower court judge had retired after hearing the case. -
Superior Court rejects appeal, says it was filed a day late
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that it couldn't accept an appeal in a case centering on whether a contract was valid, because the appeal was filed one day after the deadline. -
Court reverses decision that power company did not owe duty of care to worker who died
HARRISBURG – A Pennsylvania court has reversed the decision of a trial court that found a power company did not owe duty of care to a worker who died. -
Superior Court reverses and remands decision on wrongful death, survival nursing home action
HARRISBURG – A negligence and wrongful death action against a Lancaster nursing care facility has been remanded to the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, per a recent decision from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. -
Missing testimony notes leads to dismissal of car wreck lawsuit
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania said a complaint brought by a pair of plaintiffs in a motor vehicle accident is missing mandatory testimony notes, which then led the judiciary to dismiss the complaint entirely. -
Negligence and wrongful death action against nursing case facility returning to Lancaster court
HARRISBURG – A negligence and wrongful death action against a Lancaster nursing care facility has been remanded to the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, per a recent decision from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. -
Superior Court: Appeal in mortgage foreclosure case lacks standing
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court decided late last week that an appeal in a mortgage foreclosure action would not move forward due to a perceived lack of basis for the appeal itself. -
Negligence action against nursing care facility remanded to Lancaster court
HARRISBURG – The Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas will once again hear proceedings in a negligence and wrongful death action against a Lancaster nursing care facility, after judiciary panels in both the Superior Court and Supreme Court of Pennsylvania entered rulings on the case. -
Superior Court sides with Bucks County Court ruling in property ejectment case
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania recently affirmed a granting of summary judgment from the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas, in a real estate property ejectment action. -
HSBC Bank has ability to initiate and pursue foreclosure proceedings, Superior Court says
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has said a trial court was correct to grant summary judgment and declare HSBC Bank had standing to bring forth a mortgage foreclosure action. -
Superior Court rules Philly condo residence dispute does not need to go to arbitration
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania said an occupancy agreement, not an operation agreement, was the key document in deciding the fate of a residential dispute action centered around a condominium in Philadelphia’s affluent Rittenhouse Square neighborhood. -
$5K judgment for allegedly unpaid landscaping work upheld by Superior Court
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has ruled to dismiss a litigant’s appeal of a judgment in excess of $5,000, one he was ordered to pay in exchange for landscaping work which was supposedly not compensated for. -
Superior Court: Granting of summary judgment upheld in defamation case between physicians
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has chosen to uphold summary judgment in a defamation case between physicians emanating from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – McKeesport. -
Superior Court affirms trial court decision on assignment of seven-figure damages in mortgage case
HARRISBURG – Three Superior Court judges have ruled to affirm a trial court perspective with respect to the assignment of seven-figure damages in a mortgage foreclosure action. -
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania remands wrongful death case against nursing care facility to Superior Court
HARRISBURG – The state Supreme Court has granted a petition for allowance to appeal in a negligence and wrongful death action against a Carlisle nursing care facility. -
Superior Court determines middle finger not obscene, overturns father's conviction
HARRISBURG – The disorderly conduct conviction of Jason Roy Waugaman for giving his ex-wife, Kacie Boeshore, the middle finger while exchanging their children was overturned by the Superior Court of Pennsylvania on Oct. 31. -
Superior Court transfers PHFA sovereign immunity issue action to Commonwealth Court
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has relinquished jurisdiction over a matter involving the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) and sovereign immunity, and opted to transfer it to the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.