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FILTER RESULTS ►Novel Facebook Discovery Order Out of Lancaster County
In a recent Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas case of Perrone v. Lancaster Regional Medical Center, (C.P. Lanc. Co. 2013 Cullen, J.), Judge James P. Cullen crafted a novel method of handling a Facebook Discovery dispute in a civil...Show More Summary
A Philadelphia County Rule 1925 Opinion Upholding Erie Insurance Forum Selection Clause
I previously reported on the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas post-Koken decision on venue in the case of Fish v. Erie Insurance Company, No. 003411, Jan. Term, 2013 (C.P. Phila. Co. 2013 New, J.), in which the court granted...Show More Summary
Judge Nealon of Lackawanna County Addresses Proper Pleading of a Complaint
In his recent decision in the case of Rogers v. Thomas, No. 2012 - CV - 1464 (C.P. Lacka. Co. May 10, 2013 Nealon, J.), Judge Terrence R. Nealon of the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas entered a demurrer on claims asserted against a parent for the alleged shooting of another by an adult child. Show More Summary
Judge Zulick of Monroe County Denies Punitive Damages Based Upon Cell Phone Use in Unique Case
Segway Device In the case of Platukis v. Pocono Segway Tours, LLC, PICS Case No. 13-0967 (C.P. Monroe Co. April 8, 2013 Zulick, J.), Judge Arthur Zulick of the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas ruled that allegations in a Complaint...Show More Summary
Plaintiff Permitted to Consolidate Two Separate Motor Vehicle Accident Lawsuits Under Pa.R.C.P. 213
Judge R. Stanton Wettick of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas recently allowed the consolidation of two entirely separate motor vehicle accident lawsuits by a same Plaintiff in the case of Jackson v. Drew, No. GD-12-008737 (C.P. Show More Summary
Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Upholds Allstate Forum Selection Clause in UM Case
The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas upheld Allstate Insurance Company’s “forum selection clause in the court’s recent Order without Opinion in the case of Motta v. Allstate Ins. Co., March Term 2013, NO. 0839 (C.P. Phila. Co. April...Show More Summary
Kermit Gosnell Murder Trial Jury Now Considering Murder Charges
The Common Pleas Court jury of seven women and five men have finished their deliberations for the week in the murder trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell. They will return on Monday, but not before having apparently moved on from considering charges against Gosnell’s co-defendant (according to multiple news sources including the Philadelphia Inquirer and CNN) [...]
Amanda Knox Memoir: Sex, Drugs and Pleas For Sympathy
In her steamy new memoir, Waiting to Be Heard, Amanda Knox details her sex life and drug use while living in Italy before being charged with murder.
She writes she was “proud” of her first one-night stand and that pot was “as commonShow More Summary
Intoxication Evidence Precluded Where Evidence Lacking
In the Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas case of Jacobs v. Bilbay, No. 11-00, 118 (C.P. Lycoming Jan. 25, 2013 Gray, J.), Judge Richard A. Gray addressed a Defendant's motion in limine in an auto accident case involving punitiveShow More Summary
Gosnell Judge Reinstates Charge for Baby Tossed in Shoe Box, Still Breathing
The judge in the Kermit Gosnell murder trial admitted today he made an error when dropping one of the charges against the abortion practitioner. Common pleas court Judge Jeffrey Minehart admitted he “erred” when dropping the murder charge for Baby C, who was killed in an abortion-infanticide when he was a victim of an attempted [...]
Judge Nealon of Lackawanna County Addresses Facebook Discovery Issue
Judge Terrence R. Nealon of the Lackwanna County Court of Common Pleas has weighed in on the Facebook Discovery question as a case of first impression in the matter of Brogan v. Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald, No. 08 - CV - 6048 (C.P. Lackawanna...Show More Summary
3 Murder Charges Against Pa. Abortion Doc Tossed
(PHILADELPHIA) — A judge has thrown out some of the murder charges against a Philadelphia abortion provider involving babies allegedly born alive. Common pleas court Judge Jeffrey Minehart dismissed three first-degree murder charges Tuesday against Dr. Show More Summary
Breaking the Rules on Austerity
In 1925, John Maynard Keynes wrote a desperate plea for economic common sense over rigid orthodoxy entitled “The Economic Consequences of Mr. Churchill.” The patron saint of today’s progressive economic-policy wing would be appalledShow More Summary
Pennsylvania Superior Court Addresses Statute of Limitations for UIM Claim
Tort Talkers may recall that I previously reported on the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas decision in Hopkins v. Erie Insurance Company regarding the analysis of a statute of limitations argument in a UIM case. See THIS POST forShow More Summary
Judge Nealon Addresses Applicable Statute of Limitations in Defamation/Tortious Interference Claim Based Upon Same Statements
In his recent decision in the case of Pittsman v. Dr. David Perrone, No. 11-CV-1235 (C.P. Lacka. Co. April 11, 2013 Nealon, J.), Judge Terrence R. Nealon of the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas granted a defendant's motion for...Show More Summary
Judge Minora of Lackawanna County Provides Lessons on Proper Pleading of Punitive Damages in Auto Accident Case
Hon. Carmen D. Minora
Lackawanna County
In his recent decision in the case of Calhoun v. Burns, No. 12-CV-2915 (C.P. Lacka. Co.
Feb. 26, 2013
Minora, J.), Judge Carmen D. Minora of the Lackawanna County Court of Common
Pleas addressed...Show More Summary
Sandy Hook mom makes plea for 'common sense' gun controls
A mother who lost her 6-year-old son in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School made an emotional plea for national gun-control legislation in an address from the White House.
Francine Wheeler made her appeal in lieu of the president’s weekly address. Her appearance i …
Astrology Today: Oracle for Thursday, April 11, 2013
Today’s Oracle takes us to the Capricorn weekly for Nov. 18, 2011 Someone close to you may be offering intuitive or common sense guidance, but you may still have your doubts. I suggest you take... This is content summary only. Please visit Planet Waves Daily Astrology Blog for full links, other content, and more!
Russell Brand Tells the Kardashian Sisters All His Steamy Fantasies About Them (VIDEO)
Post by Nicole Fabian-WeberIt's common knowledge that Russell Brand, recovering sex addict, is a dirty bird. So, while his recent plea to Kourtney, Khloe, and Kim Kardashian for a foursome isn't shocking per se, it's still... unsettling. Show More Summary
Post-Koken Bad Faith/UIM Decision Out of Schuylkill County
In his recent Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas Opinion in the Post-Koken case of Barrett v. Pennsylvania Nat'l Mut. Cas. Ins. Co., No. S-1861-2012 (C.P. Schuylkill Co. March 18, 2013 Domalakes, J.), Judge John E. Domalakes granted...Show More Summary
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