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13 May 2013, 6:41 am by Daniel E. Cummins
April 8, 2013 Zulick, J.), Judge Arthur Zulick of the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas ruled that allegations in a Complaint simply asserting that a Defendant was using a cell phone while operating a "motor vehicle," in this case a Segway, did not give rise to the state of mind necessary to find that the Defendant acted recklessly and, as such, Preliminary Objections to the punitive damages claims were granted. [read post]
30 May 2018, 5:00 am by Daniel E. Cummins
   On the basis of this law, the court found that the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas did not specific personal jurisdiction over the Defendants under Pennsylvania’s Long Arm Statute and, as such, the Complaint was dismissed. [read post]
28 May 2015, 6:00 am by Daniel E. Cummins
Monroe Dec. 29, 2015 Mark, J.), Judge Jonathan Mark of the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas granted summary judgment in favor of a landowner Defendant on the basis that the Plaintiff had failed to establish any evidence of actual or constructive notice of that Defendant of any defective condition on the stairway where the Plaintiff allegedly fell and was injured. [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 7:15 am by Daniel E. Cummins
Judge Jennifer Harlacher Sibum of the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas recently issued a summary judgment in favor of a Defendant in the slip and fall case of Skulnik v. [read post]
19 May 2016, 5:54 am by Daniel E. Cummins
Zulick of the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas granted a Defendant’s Motion In Limine to preclude the Plaintiffs from calling expert witnesses due to a Plaintiff’s failure to produce expert reports within the deadline required by a discovery Order of court. [read post]
21 Aug 2013, 8:26 am by Daniel E. Cummins
Williamson of the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas addressed a series of Preliminary Objections in a strict liability action. [read post]
21 Aug 2013, 8:26 am by Daniel E. Cummins
Williamson of the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas addressed a series of Preliminary Objections in a strict liability action. [read post]
11 Mar 2020, 8:51 pm by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
Zulick of the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas issued one of the first decisions since the previous Pennsylvania Supreme Court holding in the case of Balentine v. [read post]
12 Feb 2014, 6:00 am by Daniel E. Cummins
Williamson of the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas addressed the necessity of a Plaintiff producing expert testimony in support of its negligence claim in order to be able to proceed beyond the motion for summary judgment stage and to trial.The Plaintiff in this case owned a restaurant that sustained runoff water damage as a result of a nearby drainage basin that was allegedly constructed and maintained by the defendants.The Defendants… [read post]
25 Mar 2020, 8:26 am by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
March 4, 2020 Williamson, J.), Monroe County Court of Common Pleas Judge David Williamson agreed to mold an excess UIM jury verdict down to the policy limit and but also rejected the carrier's argument that delay damages cannot be applied to a jury award on an underinsured motorist claim. [read post]
11 Nov 2019, 6:48 pm by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
Williamson of the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas granted a Defendant store’s Motion for Summary Judgment in a trip and fall case.According to the Opinion, during the afternoon hours of October 3, 2017, the Plaintiff was walking from his vehicle to the store when he tripped and fell in the parking lot due to an alleged defect in the seam between the sidewalk and a raised curb. [read post]
19 Aug 2015, 5:00 am by Daniel E. Cummins
Williamson of the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas granted the Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel a Defendant to execute an authorization for release of cell phone records in a motor vehicle accident case. [read post]
5 Aug 2013, 8:00 am by Daniel E. Cummins
Williamson of the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas granted summary judgment to a Defendant in a limited tort case after finding that reasonable minds on a jury would not differ on a conclusion that the Plaintiff’s injuries did not result in a serious impairment of a bodily function. [read post]
5 Aug 2013, 8:00 am by Daniel E. Cummins
Williamson of the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas granted summary judgment to a Defendant in a limited tort case after finding that reasonable minds on a jury would not differ on a conclusion that the Plaintiff’s injuries did not result in a serious impairment of a bodily function. [read post]
13 Nov 2020, 5:00 am by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
Zulick of the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas addressed jurisdictional issues in a case involving a slip and fall by the Plaintiff that occurred at Hershey Park Stadium in Dauphin County. [read post]
30 Jan 2015, 4:00 am by Daniel E. Cummins
Zulick of the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas reaffirmed the law in Pennsylvania that one minor (i.e., a person under 21 in this context) cannot be liable as a social host to another minor in a case involving a motor vehicle accident allegedly arising out of a Defendant driver driving under the influence after having left house parties at which alcohol was served. [read post]
11 Mar 2021, 4:47 am by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
Williamson of the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas addressed various motions with respect to a Plaintiff’s legal malpractice Complaint against his former criminal defense attorney.In this decision, the court ruled that, although the Plaintiff alleged a breach of contract claim against his former law firm, the cause of action pled sounded in tort. [read post]
3 Jun 2012, 9:58 am by Daniel E. Cummins
Zulick Monroe County Cour of Common Pleas In Pietrowski, Judge Arthur L. [read post]