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Category: Summary Court Opinions

ARBITRATION-EMPLOYMENT-PERSONAL INJURY ACTION

McCrossin v. Comcast Spectacor, LLC, 2024 Pa. Super. LEXIS 33 (February 6, 2024) (Colins, J.). Appellants, Comcast Spectacor, LLC (Comcast Spectacor) and FPS Rink, L.P. (FPS) (collectively, Defendants), appeal an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) overruling their preliminary objections seeking arbitration in a personal injury action brought by […]

PROCEDURE-VENUE-FORUM NON CONVENIENS

James v. Wal-Mart Distrib. Ctr. , 2024 Pa. Super. LEXIS 31, 2024 WL 389020 (February 2, 2024) (Dubow, J.). Appellant Elaine James seeks review of an order transferring venue of a slip and fall case in Philadelphia, Lehigh County, based on forum non conveniens. The court reversed. Ms. James was working for a contractor at […]

PROCEDURE-CONSOLIDATION-EMPLOYER IN LITIGATION

Austin v. Lehigh & Northampton Transp. Auth., 2024 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 36, 2024 WL 270406 (January 25, 2024) (Jubelirer, P.J.). Rodney Austin (Austin) appeals from the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County’s (trial court) entry of judgment against him. Austin and his wife, Kimberly Moser, sued the Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority (LANTA) and […]

ABORTION-CONSTITUTIONALITY

Allegheny Reprod. Health Ctr. v. Pa. Dep’t of Hum. Servs., 2024 Pa. LEXIS 118 (Jan. 29, 2024) (Donohue, J.). Supreme Court, in a lengthy opinion, overrules Commonwealth Court’s grant of preliminary objections. The court overruled the Fisher case, holding relative to Article I, Section 26. With the benefit of an Edmunds analysis, it becomes clear […]

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAW

Rush v. Erie Ins. Exch., 2024 Pa. LEXIS 123 (January 29, 2024) (Donohue, J.). This appeal requires the Court to determine whether a “regular use” exclusion contained in a motor vehicle insurance policy violates the express language of the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law (“MVFRL”). We hold that as presented in this case, the “regular […]