Whittington v. Daniels, 2025 Pa. Super. LEXIS 80 (Pa. Superior Ct., February 19, 2025) (Sullivan, J.) We conclude that the filing of a MDJ complaint tolls the statute of limitations during the pendency of that case (in emphasis). However, the Defendant perfects an appeal that properly serves the Plaintiff with a praecipe to file a […]

Spolar v. Spolar Fam. Trust, Pa. Super. LEXIS 476 2024 (Pa. Superior Ct., November 1, 2024)(Panella, J.) The trial court’s factual findings are supported by the record, which established Mother actively encouraged Daughter to build her home on the 20-acre parcel and held out her Daughter as the owner of the home. As the injury […]

Clearfield County v. Transystems Corp., et al, No.193 C.D. 2024 (November 1, 2024)(Covey, J.) Under Section 5536 of the Statute of Repose, an action cannot be brought in a construction claim more than 12 years after completion of the construction. The question is whether this applies where the plaintiff is in municipality. The doctrine of […]

Fisher v. Hollingsworth, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 20598 (U.S. Ct. of App. 3d. Cir., August 15, 2024) (Hardiman, J.) OPINION OF THE COURT HARDIMAN, Circuit Judge. This appeal involves an inmate seeking to recover damages from federal prison officials because of sexual assaults committed by another inmate. Consistent with the Supreme Court’s opinion in Egbert […]

Armbruster v. Eskola, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 123612 (M.D. Pa. July 15, 2024) (Mehalchick, Karoline J.) Bianca Armbruster, v. Bradley D. Eskola, United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania decided, July 15, 2024. This is our case, vehicle crash on Route 80. Was initiated by Doe Defendants, and after the statute ran, […]

Corner Post, Inc., Petitioner v. Board of Governors of The Federal Reserve System, U.S. LEXIS 2885 (S. Ct. July 1, 2024) (Barrett, J.) Corner Post, Inc., Petitioner v. Board of Governors of The Federal Reserve System, Supreme Court of the United States, decided, July 1, 2024. Justice Barrett delivered the opinion of the Court. The […]

KEM Res., LP v. Deer Park Lumber, Inc., 310 A.3d 142 (Pa. S. Ct. February 21, 2024) (Mundy, J.). KEM Resources, LP and Ryvamat, Inc. each own an undivided fifty percent interest in the oil, gas, and mineral rights of a property located in Wyoming County. Ryvamat entered a paid-up gas lease with Unit Petroleum […]

Poteat v. Asteak, 2024 Pa. Super. LEXIS 99 (March 21, 2024) (Dubow, J.). Appellant, Antoine Poteat, appeals pro se from the February 7, 2023 order entered in the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas that sustained the preliminary objections filed by Appellees, Gary Asteak, Esq., and Nino v. Tinari, Esq., and dismissed his complaint for […]

KEM Res., LP v. Deer Park Lumber, Inc., 2024 Pa. LEXIS 243, 2024 WL 696763 (February 21, 2024) (Mundy, J.). This case involved what seems like a contract breach involving a gas lease, but according to the court, Pennsylvania’s 6-year statute of limitations applies to any civil action or proceeding which is neither subject to […]

Tibbitt v. Eagle Home Insps., LLC, 2023 Pa. Super. LEXIS 506 (October 30, 2023) (Lazarus, J.). Erin D. Tibbitt (f/k/a Erin D. Miller) appeals from the order, entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, dismissing all of her claims against Appellee Eagle Home Inspections, LLC (Eagle), and entering judgment on the pleadings […]