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Author: Rieders Travis

WRONGFUL DISCHARGE-INTERFERENCE WITH CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS

Salsberg v. Mann, 2024 Pa. LEXIS 233, 2024 WL 696428 (February 21, 2024) (Brobson, J.). This discretionary matter concerns a claim brought by Cara Salsberg (Salsberg), a former at-will employee of Drexel University (University), against her former supervisor, Donna Mann (Mann), asserting that Mann intentionally interfered with Salsberg’s contractual relationship with Drexel by taking actions […]

ATTORNEY’S FEES-CONTRACTS-COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE

– Vinculum, Inc. v. Goli Techs., LLC, 2024 Pa. LEXIS 238, 2024 WL 697165 (February 21, 2024) (Brobson, J.). In this discretionary matter, we must decide whether Appellant Vinculum, Inc. (Vinculum) is entitled to recover attorney fees and lost-profit damages purportedly extending beyond a one-year, non-compete period that flowed from Goli Technologies, LLC’s (Goli LLC) […]

CONFLICT OF LAW-CHOICE OF LAW-MARITIME CONTRACTS

Great Lakes Ins. SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC, 217 L. Ed. 2d 401 (February 21, 2024) (Cavanaugh, J.) Maritime contracts often contain choice-of-law provisions that designate the law of a particular jurisdiction to control future disputes. The enforceability of those choice-of-law provisions is governed by federal maritime law. Applying federal maritime law in […]

PRIVACY-PENNSYLVANIA PRIVACY LAW-PENN MEDICINE SHARING INFORMATION WITH FACEBOOK ABOUT PATIENTS

Mohr v. Trs. of the Univ. of Pa., 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 3963, 2024 WL 698074 (3rd Cir. February 24, 2024) (Porter, C.J.). Plaintiffs filed a putative class action in state court against the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), which controls and operates the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System (Penn […]

PROCEDURE-COORDINATE JURISDICTION RULE-JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES

Ivy Hill Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v. Commonwealth, Dep’t of Hum. Servs., 2024 Pa. LEXIS 198 (S. Ct. February 13, 2024) (Todd, C.J.). Justice Todd, writing for the Supreme Court, held that the Commonwealth Court, in dismissing a petition filed by the Jehovah’s Witnesses, under the Declaratory Judgments Act, violated the Coordinate Jurisdiction Rule. Hence, […]

PROCEDURE-VENUE-MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

Mazzuca v. Abreu, 2024 Pa. Super. LEXIS 45 (February 12, 2024) (Stevens, P.J.E.). In appellant’s affidavit that she served Dr. Abreu in Philadelphia County provides support for her choice of venue. Appellees, as the moving parties, have the burden of proving that a change of venue is necessary. As the trial court erred in determining […]