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Tag: Contracts

CONTRACTS-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE

Matthew 2535 Props., LLC v. Denithorne, 2024 Pa. Super. LEXIS 89, 2024 WL 1126110 (March 15, 2024) (Kunselman, J.). This case involves the sale of a restaurant which burned down after the parties signed a sales agreement but before they closed on the deal. A court of equity ordered specific performance – namely, that the […]

CONTRACTS-SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

King v. Driscoll, 2023 Pa. Super. LEXIS 581 (December 7, 2023) (Stabile, J.). BEFORE: BENDER, P.J.E., STABILE, J., and PELLEGRINI, J.* OPINION BY STABILE, J. Christopher P. Driscoll (Driscoll) appeals from the order entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) granting the petition to enforce settlement filed by Driscoll’s former […]

CONTRACTS-PROMISSORY ESTOPPEL-SPOLIATION

Erie Ins. Exch. A/S/O Bates Collision, Inc. James Myers v. United Servs. Auto. Ass’n v. Bates Collision, Inc., 2023 Pa. Super. LEXIS 617, 2023 WL 8817712 (December 21, 2023). BEFORE: PANELLA, P.J., OLSON, J., DUBOW, J., KUNSELMAN, J., NICHOLS, J., MURRAY, J., McLAUGHLIN, J., KING, J., and McCAFFERY, J. OPINION BY DUBOW, J. President Judge […]

CONTRACTS-RIGHT TO PARENTAGE

Glover v. Junior, 2023 Pa. Super. LEXIS 598 (December 11, 2023). Judges: BEFORE: PANELLA, P.J., BOWES, J., OLSON, J., DUBOW, J., KUNSELMAN, J., MURRAY, J., McLAUGHLIN, J., KING, J., and McCAFFERY, J. OPINION BY BOWES, J. Judges Olson, Dubow, Kunselman, McLaughlin, and McCaffery joined this Opinion. P.J. Panella and Judge Murray concurred in the result. […]

CONTRACTS-UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE TUITION

Hickey v. Univ. of Pittsburgh, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 20959, 2023 WL 5159578 (3d Cir. August 11, 2023) (Krause, C.J.) Like many colleges and universities across the country, the University of Pittsburgh and Temple University responded to the novel coronavirus pandemic by transitioning to remote learning in March 2020. Their former students—now Appellants in this […]

CONTRACT-COLLEGE

Lawson v. Pennsylvania College of Technology, No. CV-21-01134 (C.P. Lycoming March 13, 2023) (Linhardt, J.). On July 28, 2022, Plaintiffs filed an Amended Complaint containing twelve counts. Plaintiffs brought counts for breach of express contract, breach of implied contract, and unjust enrichment relating to four separate topics: tuition, ancillary fees, housing, and meal plans. The […]

CONTRACT-LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES

Needville Little League v. Little League Baseball, Pa. Civil No. 21-00801 (C.P. Lycoming January 4, 2022) (Linhardt, J.)  Plaintiffs claimed breach of contract resulting in plaintiff’s wrongful exclusion from the Little League World Series and causing them damages.  The court found that plaintiffs should be permitted to amend because they did not attach sufficient materials […]