Pennsylvania Dram Shop Law

<h1> United States of America v. Kelly Stanton </h1></h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Gunpoint Carjacking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Gunpoint Carjacking </h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> <b><br> Sponsored By<br> MoreLaw Suites<br> 624 South Denver,... More...

$0 (06-26-2025 - PA)
<h1> United States of America v. Jesus Del Orbe, aka “Angel Cabrera-Santiago” and “Jesus Valdez-Del Orbe” </h1></h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally reentering the U.S. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Dominican Man Who Illegally Entered the U.S. After Multiple Prior Deportations Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Jes... More...

$0 (03-04-2025 - PA)
<h1> United States of America v. Leon Martin and Frock Brothers Trucking, Inc. </h1></h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy and violations of the Clean Air Act. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Lancaster County Man and Long-Distance Trucking Company Sentenced for Violations of Clean Air Act</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> ... More...

$0 (03-07-2025 - PA)
<h1> United States of America v. Michael Salerno </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauded Investors of Approximately $550,000with </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Burlington County, N.J., Man Sentenced to Over Three Years in Prison for Two Business Schemes That Defrauded Investors of Approximately $550,000... More...

$0 (08-26-2024 - PA)
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Frederick Cornellius Brown, Jr. </center

<h2><br> Doylestown, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged for sale or transfer of firearms and other felonies.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Brown's convictions stem from his purchase of multiple firearms. The trial court aptly summarized the evidence presented at his jury trial as follows:<br> <br> On April 8, 2021, [Brown] purchased three firearms: a SAR9 9-millim... More...

$0 (08-12-2024 - PA)
United States of America v. Ernest Pressley

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and four counts of use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire.<br> <br> In late 2018, the Philadelphia Police Department joined with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate Ernest Pressley, age 43, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in co... More...

$0 (05-16-2023 - PA)
George Manuel v. Richard Leighton, et al.

Towanda, Pennsylvania personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on wrongful death theories.<br> <br> <br> The Plaintiff in this wrongful-death action, George Manuel, Administrator of his mother Rosemary Manuel's estate, appeals from the judgment entered in his favor and against Richard Leighton for $594,945.21. The parties agree Mr. Leighton drove while drunk, collided wit... More...

$594945 (07-11-2022 - PA)
United States of America v. Matthew Gershkoff

Scranton, PA: Conspiracy to commit wire fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Matthew Gershkoff, age 64, who was charged with for conspiring to commit wire fraud, and for aggravated identity theft offenses. <br> <br> Gershkoff was convicted of preparing false invoices for nonexistent automobile repairs at multiple automobile repair shops located in Rhode Island and in Massachusett... More...

$0 (09-02-2021 - PA)
United States of America v. Jeffrey Blackwell

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania bribery charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jeffrey Blackwell, age 47, charged with enriching himself by soliciting and accepting bribes, and for committing additional tax crimes.<br> <br> Blackwell pleaded guilty in August 2020 to charges of honest services wire fraud, filing a false tax return, and two counts of failure to file a tax return. A former ... More...

$0 (12-23-2020 - PA)
United States of America v. Brian Larry

<center><br> <img width="400" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/pa-m/locations/scranton.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Scranton, PA - The United States of America charged Brian Larry, age 56, and and Jason Pannone, age 36, with fraud and identity theft.<br> <br> The indictment alleges that Larry and Pannone, along with other co-conspirators conspired to defraud a Wilkes-Barre based automobil... More...

$0 (08-03-2020 - PA)
United States of America v. John Martell

Pittsburgh, PA - The United States of America charged John Martell with conspiracy to steal government property and uttering and possession false securities.<br> <br> A former resident of Cheswick, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to 18 months’ imprisonment and a three-year term of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $37,590 in restitution to the United States Postal Service,... More...

$0 (02-03-2020 - PA)
United States of America v. Sharif Khalid

<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/graphics/active/ByrneSmall.jpg"><br> </center><br> Philadelphia, PA - Montgomery County Man Convicted of Illegally Possessing Fully Automatic Assault Weapon<br> <br> Sharif Khalid, 42, of Willow Grove, PA was convicted at trial of possession of a machine gun.<br> <br> According to the evidence presented at trial, in March 2018 Khalid... More...

$0 (10-13-2019 - PA)
JOHN F. SIMPSON, t/a Warrior Ridge Trading; t/a LCT Pro Shop v. ATTORNEY GENERAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Third_Circuit.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Third_Circuit.svg.png"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> Simpson’s appeal presents us with the question of what standard to apply to determine w... More...

$0 (01-05-2019 - PA)
John F. Simpson v. Attorney General of the United States of America

<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/pa-m/locations/scranton.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Appellant John Simpson appeals the District Court’s order granting summary judgment for Appellees and affirming the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives’ (“ATF”) revocation of his federal firearms licenses (“FFLs”). After an annual compliance investig... More...

$0 (01-04-2019 - PA)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. AMIN DE CASTRO

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$0 (10-08-2018 - PA)
Ronald A. Cup v. AMPCO Pittsburgh Corporation, et al.

This case involves a dispute over retiree healthcare benefits. Retired union member Ronald Cup and similarly situated retirees requested—and the District Court ordered—arbitration of the dispute under the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA), 29 U.S.C. § 185. Ampco Pittsburgh Corporation, its subsidiary Akers National Roll Company, and Akers’ health and welfare benefit plan (collectively, ... More...

$0 (09-04-2018 - PA)
Seifullah Abdul-Salaam v. Secretary of Pennsylvania Depart of Corrections, et al.

A jury found petitioner Seifullah Abdul-Salaam, Jr. (“Abdul-Salaam”) guilty of first-degree murder, robbery, and conspiracy after a six-day trial in March 1995 in the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. After a one-day penalty phase hearing in which Abdul-Salaam’s counsel presented three mitigation witnesses, the jury sentenced Abdul-Salaam to death. Abdul-Salaam, after... More...

$0 (07-12-2018 - PA)
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Lee Boozer

Pittsburgh, PA - Jury Convicts Defendant of Second Degree Murder<br> <br> The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania charged Lee Boozer, age 44, with second degree murder in the 2014 killing of a neighborhood shop owner.<br> <br> Darryl Terry, which had recently opened a convenience store in the neighborhood was shot to death on the night of May 18, 2014.<br> <br> A witness saw Terry running from the store ... More...

$0 (07-07-2018 - PA)
John Barna v. Board of School Directors of the Panther Valley School District

Plaintiff John Barna filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that the Panther Valley School Board (“School Board” or “Board”) and several of its officials violated his First Amendment rights by categorically banning him from<br> attending Board meetings after he was threatening and disruptive on several occasions. The Board and the individual officials moved for summary judgment. ... More...

$0 (12-13-2017 - PA)
United States of America v. Heather L. Welker

Johnstown, PA - Former Pennsylvania Resident Sentenced to Probation for Lying on Firearms Purchase Form<br> <br> A resident of Pray, MT, formerly of Clearfield, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court in Johnstown to charges of false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer, and immediately thereafter was sentenced to five years’ probation and 50 hours of community service for each year of... More...

$0 (11-13-2017 - PA)
United States of America v. Ramona Long

Harrisburg, PA - Former U.S. Postal Service Employee Sentenced To 72 Months In Prison For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering <br> <br> Ramona Long, age 57, a former U.S. Postal Service employee in Northern California, was sentenced on September 28, 2017, by United States District Court Judge Yvette Kane to 72 months’ imprisonment. Long previously entered pleas of guilty before Judge Kane to ... More...

$0 (10-03-2017 - PA)
Ronald Kelly v. Maxium Speciality Insurance Group

This case presents a situation familiar to our district courts. Two related lawsuits are pending — one each in state and federal court. The state action seeks to determine a defendant’s liability for an alleged harm, and the federal action seeks only a declaratory judgment on an insurer’s obligation to defend and indemnify the defendant. The District Court here exercised its discretion to ab... More...

$0 (08-21-2017 - PA)
United States of America v. Qamar Zaman and Aliya Zaman

Pittsburgh, PA - Pawn Shop Owners Plead Guilty to Mail Fraud and Stolen Property Charges<br> <br> Two residents of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of mail fraud and engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity.<br> <br> Qamar Zaman, 67, and Aliya Zaman, 48, both of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to two counts before United S... More...

$0 (03-07-2017 - PA)
Brian Schmigel v. Miroslav Uchal

In 2010, Appellee Dr. Miroslav Uchal performed laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgery, a procedure intended to place a band around a person’s stomach to limit his food intake and help him lose weight, on Appellant Brian Schmigel. The surgery went awry, however, and the band was left “free floating in his abdomen.” App. 20a. As a result, Schmigel not only failed to lose weight; he su... More...

$0 (09-05-2015 - PA)
Brian Schmigel v. Miroslaw Uchal, M.D., FASC

In 2003, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court grew troubled by the frequency of meritless professional malpractice claims filed in the state system. To address that concern, the Court amended the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure to require malpractice plaintiffs or their attorneys to file a certificate of merit (“COM”) within sixty days of bringing suit. Failure to comply conferred upon a defen... More...

$0 (09-02-2015 - PA)
United States of America v. Kristina Joanna Barney

Johnstown, PA - Johnstown Woman Admits Possessing Equipment to Produce Counterfeit Credit Cards, Gift Cards and Checks<br> <br> A Cambria County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of device-making equipment.<br> <br> Kristina Joanna Barney, 33, of Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty to one count before United States District Judge Kim R. Gibson.<br> <br> In connection wi... More...

$0 (08-17-2015 - PA)
Erie Insurance Exchange v. Erie Indemnity Company

We are asked to determine whether this case is a class action that belongs in federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-2, 119 Stat. 4 ("CAFA”). Erie Insurance Exchange ("Exchange”) filed suit against its attorney-in-fact, Erie Indemnity Co. ("Indemnity”), in Pennsylvania state court, alleging that Indemnity misappropriated over $300 million in fe... More...

$0 (06-28-2013 - PA)
United States of America v. Mark Zabielski

In United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005), the Supreme Court held that the United States Sentencing Guidelines could not constitutionally be applied as diktats. Rather than scrap the Guidelines entirely, the Court left them intact as advisory and trial judges may vary from them, within reason, after applying the relevant provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). Before doing so, it is important ... More...

$0 (04-03-2013 - PA)
United States of America v. Nathaniel Benjamin

Nathaniel Benjamin raises four issues on appeal from the District Court's judgment of conviction and sentence. First, Benjamin argues that there was insufficient evidence supporting one of his felon-in-possession convictions and his conviction for possession with intent to distribute marijuana and cocaine base. Second, Benjamin contends that if the evidence was sufficient to convict him of gun pos... More...

$0 (03-26-2013 - PA)
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. James E. Sweeney

In this insurance dispute, Defendant-Appellant James Sweeney ("Mr. Sweeney”) appeals from the Order of the District Court granting summary judgment in favor of Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant Liberty Mutual Insurance Company ("Liberty Mutual”). Liberty Mutual cross-appeals from the portion of the District Court"s Order rejecting two alternative and independent bases for denying Mr. ... More...

$0 (08-03-2012 - PA)
Fizzano Brothers Concrete Products, Inc. v. XLN, Inc.

At issue in this appeal is a question of corporate successor liability under the de facto merger doctrine or exception. The trial court concluded that XLNT Software Solutions, Inc. ("XLNT”) was liable for a judgment owed by XLN, Inc. ("XLN”), pursuant to this exception. XLNT and XLN lacked common shareholders and higher management; however, the corporations each employed the same two k... More...

$0 (03-26-2012 - PA)
Mary Kathryn Brown v. City of Pittsburgh

This case requires us to delineate, in a quite literal sense, the boundaries of the First Amendment's protection of speech. In response to concerns about aggressive protests and confrontations at health care facilities providing abortions, the City of Pittsburgh enacted Ordinance No. 49 in December 2005. Pittsburgh, Pa., Code tit. 6, §§ 623.01–623.07. The Ordinance established two dif... More...

$0 (10-30-2009 - PA)
Charles Moyer, et al. v. Teledyne Continental Motors, Inc., et al.

¶ 1 The instant matter is an action based on claims of negligence, breach of warranty and strict liability stemming from a single engine aircraft crash.1 Appellants, the adult children of decedents Ronald Moyer and Judy Moyer, appeal from the trial court's Orders granting summary judgment in favor of Appellee Teledyne Continental Motors, Inc. (hereinafter "TCM”), and Appellee Piedmont Hawth... More...

$0 (07-30-2009 - PA)
Carol Hyrcza v. West Penn Allegheny Health System, Inc., et al.

¶ 1 Yvette C. Ross Hebron, M.D. ("Dr. Hebron”) and ChoiceCare Physicians, P.C. ("ChoiceCare”) (collectively, "Appellants”) appeal from the January 3, 2008 order entering a judgment in the amount of approximately $8.6 million on a jury verdict in favor of Carol Hyrcza ("Hyrcza”), executrix of the estate of Margaret Mahunik ("the Decedent”), and against Appellants.1 Fo... More...

$0 (07-01-2009 - PA)
Family and Estate of Sheena Marie Villa v. Robert E. LaBarre and J.P. O'Malley's Pub

Barbara Maquera and Bill Villa, individually and as representatives of the Estate of Sheena Marie Villa, age 25, sued Robert E. LaBarre, age 30, and J.P. O'Malley's Pub on negligence and dram shop theories for the wrongful death of Ms. Villa who was killed in an auto accident in 2006. Plaintiffs claimed that LaBarre was drunk and the J.P. O'Malley's Pub served him alcohol when he was intoxicated.... More...

$0 (05-09-2009 - PA)
Thomas A. McElwee & Son, Inc. and John McElwee v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, A/K/A SEPTA

Appellee, John McElwee ("McElwee"), owned and operated a printing business, Thomas A. McElwee & Son, Inc., on the 6200 block of Market Street in West Philadelphia. The business had existed in that location since the 1950s, and McElwee had taken over management of it from his father, Thomas McElwee, in 1998, although the latter stayed on as a part-time employee. Also in 1998, Appellant, Southea... More...

$0 (06-02-2008 - PA)
McNeil Nutritionals, LLC v. Heartland Sweeteners, LLC, et al.

<P> This appeal requires us to decide when the trade dress on the packaging of store-brand products is so similar to that of directly competing national-brand products as to create a likelihood of confusion among consumers. The plaintiffappellant McNeil Nutritionals, LLC (McNeil) sells and markets Splenda, a highly successful national brand of sucralose, an artificial sweetener. The defenda... More...

$0 (12-24-2007 - PA)
<a href="http://www.courts.state.pa.us/OpPosting/Superior/out/a31032_06.pdf" target="_new">Continental Casualty Company v. Pro Machine, Randy Egbert and Paul Massey T/A and Paul Massey, Individually</a>

<P> 1 Paul Massey (Massey), a partner in Pro Machine (Pro Machine or the Partnership), appeals from an order granting summary judgment to Continental Casualty Company (Continental) in the latter's declaratory judgment action. In this case of first impression, we are asked to determine whether Massey is entitled to underinsured motorist (UIM) benefits under a business automobile policy issued b... More...

$0 (01-18-2007 - PA)
<a href="http://www.courts.state.pa.us/OpPosting/cwealth/out/797CD01_4-18-02.pdf" target="_new">Jermaine D. Cureton, et al. v. Philadelphia School District</a>

In these consolidated appeals, the School District of Philadelphia (School District) appeals and Jermaine D. Cureton, a minor by and through his parent and natural guardian, Loretta Cannon, and Loretta Cannon, in her own right, cross appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia (trial court) denying the School District's motion for post trial relief and affirming the award... More...

$35000 (04-18-2002 - PA)
<a href="http://www.superior.court.state.pa.us/opinions/a11002_02.pdf" target="_new">Allied Electrical Supply Co. v. Craig T. Roberts, et al.</a>

1 This is an appeal from the Order entered August 16, 2001, in the Greene County Court of Common Pleas, granting Appellee/Plaintiff's motion for a new trial. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse and remand for reinstatement of the jury verdict in favor of Appellant/Defendant.<P>2 Appellant and Appellee each leased one-half of a commercial building located on East High Street in Waynesburg, ... More...

$0 (04-22-2002 - PA)