Attorney Stewart C Crawford Jr.'s Legal Cases

Appeals

In Re: Estate of Rose Michel, Deceased, No. 172 EDA 2013 (Pa. Super. Ct. March 21, 2014)

Mar 21, 2014

OUTCOME: Trial Court Overruled and Matter Remanded

Successfully argued on appeal to the Superior Court that the Trial Court had committed reversible error by dismissing (upon the theories of res judicata and collateral estoppel) a petition for enforcem ... ent of a constructive trust.

Personal injury

Pierce v. Archdiocese C.A. No.: 2013-005400 (Pa. C.C.P. February 25, 2014)

Feb 25, 2014

OUTCOME: Contractual Child Abuse Cause of Action Recognized

Successfully argued (to defeat demurrer) that a “contractual child abuse” cause of action exists against the Archdiocese of Philadelphia based upon a failure of its part to live up to the expectations ... promised in Archdiocesan Standards of Ministerial Behavior and Boundaries.

Employment and labor

Marek v. Community Education Centers, Inc., CA. No. 13-9486, Fizzano, J. (Pa. CCP February 20, 2014)

Feb 20, 2014

OUTCOME: Arbitration Not Mandatory

Successfully argued on preliminay objections, on behalf of union employee, that alleged arbitration clause to collective bargaining agreement is unenforceable, the Labor Management Relations Act does n ... ot preempt the matter, and a claim for wrongful termination does indeed exists

Employment and labor

Bates v. Community Education Centers, Inc., CA. No. 12-007631, Proud, J. (Pa. CCP February 11, 2014)

Feb 11, 2014

OUTCOME: Summary Judgment Denied, Mandatory Arbitration Provision Unenforceable

Successfully argued on summary judgment, on behalf of union employee, that alleged arbitration clause to collective bargaining agreement is unenforceable, the Labor Management Relations Act does not pr ... eempt the matter, and a claim for wrongful termination does indeed exists

Insurance

Nationwide Insurance Company of America v. Philadelphia parking Authority, C. A. No. 120203539 (Pa. C.P. April 22, 2013)

Apr 22, 2013

OUTCOME: Political Subdivision Tort Immunity Doesnt Bar Subrogation

Successfully argued in Philadelphia County that subrogation against a municipality in Pennsylvania is indeed allowed, notwithstanding the anti-subrogation interpretations of the political subdivision t ... ort claims act.

Insurance

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Christian Soxman, No. 2659 EDA 2010 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2011)

N/A

OUTCOME: 75 Pa.C.S 1720 Does Not Bar PIP Subrogation

Successfully argued that personal injury protection and medical payment subrogation is indeed allowed in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. All three justices of the Superior Court unequivocally acknowl ... edged that 75 Pa. C.S. § 1720 would not prohibit PIP subrogation provided that we do not “raid” the injured claimant’s tort recovery.

Insurance

State Farm v. American Independent Ins & Bechara et al, C.A. No. N10C-08-137(Del. Super. Ct. 2011)

N/A

OUTCOME: Property Damage Subrogation Statute of Limitations is Three Years, Not Two

Successfully argued that the statute of limitations for automobile property damage subrogation claims in the state of Delaware is three years, not two as was commonly believed by the Courts.

Insurance

State Farm v. State of Delaware (Department of Correction), C.A. No. 09C-07-030 (Del. Super. Ct. 2011)

N/A

OUTCOME: No Expert Needed to Establish PIP Payments

Successfully argued that a PIP carrier in Delaware is not required to introduce expert medical testimony in a subrogation claim to authenticate the reasonable necessity of the claims.

Insurance

State Farm vs. Muhlenberg Township (C.A. No. 10-11952, Berks County Court of Common Pleas; November 1, 2010).

N/A

OUTCOME: Political Subdivision Tort Immunity Doesnt Bar Subrogation

Successfully argued that subrogation against a municipality in Pennsylvania is indeed allowed, notwithstanding the anti-subrogation interpretations of the political subdivision tort claims act.

Insurance

Millville Mutual v. Ford Motor Company, (C.A. No. 2010-02704, Lackawana County Court of Common Pleas; April 2010).

N/A

OUTCOME:

Filed one of the first punitive damages subrogation lawsuits in the nation; this related to the defective manufacturing of a cruise control deactivation switch. Settled for confidential terms.

Stewart C Crawford Jr.'s Legal Cases (14)

In Re: Estate of Rose Michel, Deceased, No. 172 EDA 2013 (Pa. Super. Ct. March 21, 2014)

Pierce v. Archdiocese C.A. No.: 2013-005400 (Pa. C.C.P. February 25, 2014)

Marek v. Community Education Centers, Inc., CA. No. 13-9486, Fizzano, J. (Pa. CCP February 20, 2014)

Bates v. Community Education Centers, Inc., CA. No. 12-007631, Proud, J. (Pa. CCP February 11, 2014)

Nationwide Insurance Company of America v. Philadelphia parking Authority, C. A. No. 120203539 (Pa. C.P. April 22, 2013)

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Christian Soxman, No. 2659 EDA 2010 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2011)

State Farm v. American Independent Ins & Bechara et al, C.A. No. N10C-08-137(Del. Super. Ct. 2011)

State Farm v. State of Delaware (Department of Correction), C.A. No. 09C-07-030 (Del. Super. Ct. 2011)

State Farm vs. Muhlenberg Township (C.A. No. 10-11952, Berks County Court of Common Pleas; November 1, 2010).

Millville Mutual v. Ford Motor Company, (C.A. No. 2010-02704, Lackawana County Court of Common Pleas; April 2010).