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 […]
Category Archives: Summary Court Opinions
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 […]
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE-ESTOPPEL-JUDICIAL ESTOPPEL
N.T. v. Child.’s Hosp. of Phila., 2024 Pa. Super. LEXIS 19, 2024 WL 271430 (January 25, 2024) (Colins, J.). Judges: BEFORE: OLSON, J., STABILE, J., and COLINS, J. OPINION BY COLINS, J.: Appellant, N.T. (Minor), by and through Mary Jane Barrett, Esquire, guardian of her estate, appeals from an order of the Philadelphia County Court […]
FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT-GOVERNMENT SEIZURE OF MONEY
Bah v. United States, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 1157 (3d Cir. January 18, 2024) (Porter, C.J.). Appellant Bah was a U.S. citizen, originally from Sierra Leone. He was stopped by police, who found that he was carrying cash. He was detained and then released, but U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized the cash. The money […]
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-SECOND AMENDMENT-GUNS-MINORS
Lara v. Comm’r Pa. State Police, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 1159 (3d Cir. January 18, 2024) (Jordan, C.J.) Through the combined operation of three statutes, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania effectively bans 18-to-20-year-olds from carrying firearms outside their homes during a state of emergency. Madison Lara, Sophia Knepley, and Logan Miller, who were in that age […]
INSURANCE-FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAW-UIM COVERAGE-STACKING
Erie Insurance Exchange v. Harding, Pa. No. CV-23-00,668 (C.P. Lyco. January 8, 2024) (Linhardt, J.). Plaintiff Erie Insurance Exchange commenced this action by Complaint filed June 21, 2023, seeking a declaratory judgment concerning insurance coverage. Plaintiff is an unincorporated reciprocal insurance exchange. The Defendants are Melissa Harding, Brad Harding and the Estate of Daniel Blake […]
CIVIL RIGHTS-IMMUNITY-PROSECUTORIAL IMMUNITY
Roberts v. Lau, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 764, 2024 WL 120177 (3d Cir. January 11, 2024) (Montgomery-Reeves, C.J.). Larry Trent Roberts spent 13 years in prison for a murder that he did not commit. After being exonerated, Roberts sued several state actors involved in obtaining his wrongful conviction, including Assistant District Attorney John C. Baer. […]
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES-EXPULSION FROM SCHOOL-DRUNKEN BEHAVIOR
O’Keefe v. Lehigh Univ., 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 853 (3d Cir. January 12, 2024) (Krause, C.J.). After being arrested for public drunkenness, in violation of 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5505, and later expelled from Lehigh University, Brendan O’Keefe sued two Lehigh University Police Department (LUPD) officers and the University for assault and battery and […]
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-FIRST AMENDMENT-SPEECH-UNION DUES DEDUCTIONS
Barlow v. SEIU Loc. 668, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 855 (3d Cir. January 12, 2024) (Restrepo, C.J.). Union members sued when they dropped out of union because of continued deductions for union membership. They did not wait until expiration, but rather wanted to have the union deductions stop as soon as they left the union. […]
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