Allentown, PA
Litigation Lawyer at Allentown, PA
Practice Areas: Litigation, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy ... +8 more
OUTCOME: Summary judgment entered in favor of client
Plaintiff claimed termination in violation of age and disability discrimination laws. Discovery revealed that plaintiff had left employment due to health issues and had not returned nor communicated wi ... th employer during absence. Court granted summary judgment in favor of client/employer finding no violation of law.
OUTCOME: Judgment in favor of client
Plaintiff sought to bring fraud and misrepresentation claims against bank in a "lender liability" case where the plaintiff had defaulted in payment and judgment had been confessed against him. While th ... e court initialy allowed plaintiff to proceed, after two days of trial before a jury, the court entered a judgment of compulsory nonsuit against the plaintiff, ending the case.
OUTCOME: client prevailed in asserting garnishment claim
The case involved the relative priority of a garnishiment creditor and the claim of a depository bank with a potential right of setoff against funds of a debtor held in a deposit account where the debt ... or was the guarantor of several corporate obligations. The court held that the garnishment lien was entitled to priority over the bank's right of setoff with respect to a non-demand (i.e., term) note.
OUTCOME: Supreme Court upheld client's position
Court addressed applicability of provision of Pa. Coroner's Act to autopsy reports. The Pa. Commonwealth Court ruled that autopsy reports are not among a coroner's official records and papers that the ... coroner is required to make available for public inspection. The Pa. Supreme Court granted allowance of appea, and reversed the Commonwealth Court, upholding the position asserted by the newspaper.
OUTCOME: Summary judgment entered in favor of clients
Summary judgment entered in favor of clients in defamation action. Court concluded that statements made relating to defense of separate law suit were protected under the "fair report" privilege. The Co ... urt extended the privilege to encompass a party's statement which was not yet contained within a pleading but which amounted to a statement of the defense, provided the statement was a fair summary of the party's position.
OUTCOME: Summary Judgment in favor of client
Suit against newspaper for defamationarising from story reporting upon allegations of misconduct by public official
OUTCOME: Case dismissed
Court granted motion to dismiss claim for invasion of privacy (misappropriation of likeness) as time-barred. Court declined to view claim as one for negligence or conversion.
OUTCOME: Summary Judgment in favor of client
Court determined issues relating to validity and enforeceability of mortgages where Trustee in bankruptcy challenged same based upon alleged failures to comply with local Pennsylvania law relating to a ... ttestation and notarization. Mortgages held to be valid and enforceable.
OUTCOME: Summary judgment entered in favor of client
Former warden of county prison sued newspaper for defamation over stoies reporting on findings of prision investigation commission and warden's subsequent resignation. The court, applying the standards ... applicable to public officials, granted summary judgment in favor of the newspaper, as well as the county, and dismissed all of the plaintiff's claims.
OUTCOME: Preliminary Injunction Denied
Court deinied request for preliminary injuction based upon claim of misappropriation of trade secrets. Court address requirements for injunction in trade secret case under Pa. common law.
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