Pennsylvania Intentional Law

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Shaurn Thomas

<h2> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with third-degree murder and weapons offenses. </h2> Thomas, 50, met Akeem Edwards, age 38, through an association of former inmates who had their convictions overturned. A girlfriend whose brother was also wrongly imprisoned for murder introduced Thomas to a childhood friend, who took cocaine wor... More...

$0 (12-08-2024 - PA)

Frederick E. Oberholzer v. Simon and Toby Galapo

<h2> Norristown, Pennsylvania private nuscience, intrusion upon seclusion, defamation - libel and slander, publicly placing Plaintiffs in a false light, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. </h2> Dr. Simon and Toby Galapo (appellants) own a home in Abington Township, Montgomery County, the rear yard of which borders the property of Frederick and Denise Oberholzer (app... More...

$0 (08-23-2024 - PA)

<h1> United States of America v. John Nusslein </h1>

<h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Violent Carjackings of Two Food Delivery Drivers, One of Whom Died From His Injuries </center><center> Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Violent Carjackings of Two Food Delivery Drivers, One ... More...

$0 (07-31-2024 - PA)

<h1> United States of America v. Constance Stobert </h1>

<h2><center> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a Embezzlement and Filing False Tax Returns.</h2></center> <h3><center> </h3></center> A resident of Connoquenessing, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court on January 30, 2024, to 51 months in prison and... More...

$0 (01-31-2024 - PA)

Debra McCarthy, et al. v. Minnesota Lawyers Mutural Insurance Company and Raul Jauregui

Scranton, Pennsylvania insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on a breach of insurance contract theory. his case involves interpretation of an insurance policy providing coverage for Defendant Raul Jauregui ("Jaureguiâ€) regarding another matter pending before the court. On February 13, 2023, plaintiffs initiated this action in the Luzerne County Cou... More...

$0 (12-29-2023 - PA)

Blaire Douglass v. Optavia, LLC

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on an Americans With Disabilities violation theory. <table> <h1> <center> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Pittsburgh_PA_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Pittsburgh"> Federal Courthouse - Pittsburgh</a> <a font="red" href="... More...

$1 (02-07-2023 - pa)

Anthony Hammond Murphy v. The Farmer's Dog, Inc.

Erie, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on an Americans With Disabilities Act violation theory. <table> <h1> <center> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Erie_PA_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Erie, Pennsylvania"> Federal Courthouse - Erie, Pennsylvania</a> <a font="re... More...

$0 (02-06-2023 - PA)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Luis Manuel Serrano-Delgado

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder. Luis Manuel Serrano-Delgado, age 18, was accused of shooting and killing Jeremanuel Negron-Quiles in 2018 over a $20 drug debt. Negron-Quiles, age 22, was found hot in the back on July 6, 2018. # Charge Grade Description Offense Dt. Disposition 1 18 Â§ 2502 Â§... More...

$0 (04-08-2022 - PA)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Tyquan Atkinson

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree and third-degree murder. Tyquan Atkinson, age 22, was charged with shooting and killing 20-year-old Nicholas Flacco who was shot in the chest in March 2021 in FDR park. Defendant testified on his own behalf. The State claimed that the Falacco was killed in revenge for after... More...

$0 (04-06-2022 - PA)

United States of America v. Rao Desu

<center><h3><h2> Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a tax fraud charge. </h3></center> For several years, Desu co-owned Heights Pharmacy with Darshna Desai. Desai managed the pharmacy's operations. Each day, Desai would collect the pharmacy's cash earnings and deposit only a small portion o... More...

$0 (01-22-2022 - PA)

United States of America v. Shawn Quinnones

<center><h2><center> Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with two counts of armed bank robbery chargee. </h2></center> Shawn Shannon Quinnones pleaded guilty to two counts of armed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. Â§Â§ 2113(a), (d) and Â§ 2. She also stipulated that her commission of an armed rob... More...

$0 (11-12-2021 - PA)

United States of America v. Malik Nasir

<center><h2><center> Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and felon in possession of a firearm charges. </h2></center> On December 21, 2015, the owner of a storage facility in Dover, Delaware reported to the police suspicious activity at one of the storage uni... More...

$0 (11-11-2021 - PA)

Jared Charlap and Karen Clark v. Offbeat Ventures, L.L.C.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Offbeat Ventures, LLC, Drmtlgy, LLC, Iqair North America, Inc., Spreadshirt, Inc., McIntosh Laboratory, Inc. and Theisen's, Inc., Freedom Laser Therapy, Inc., Ember Technologies, Inc., AWB, Inc., Spoils Media, Inc, Digital Room, L.L.C., Barton Watchbands Holdco, LLLC, Vanity Planet, LLC, Speer Laboratories, LLC, Pangea ... More...

$0 (04-22-2021 - PA)

Shannon M. Griffth v. Medix Staffing Solutions

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant, on a civil rights job discrimination theory under 42 U.S.C. 2000e. Â§2000eâ€“2. Unlawful employment practices (a) Employer practices It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer- (1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to ... More...

$1 (04-23-2021 - PA)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Kevin Hicks-Franklin

Erie, Pennsylvania first-degree murder criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Kevin Hicks-Franklin, age 23, who was charged with first-degree murder for stabbing to death Starleisha Smith, age 23. Pennsylvania Statutes Chapter 25 Criminal Homicide Sec. 2501. Criminal homicide. 2502. Murder. Enactment. Chapter 25 w... More...

$0 (02-19-2021 - PA)

Donald J. Trump v. Secretary Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al.

Free, fair elections are the lifeblood of our democracy. Charges of unfairness are serious. But calling an election unfair does not make it so. Charges require specific allegations and then proof. We have neither here. The Trump Presidential Campaign asserts that Pennsylvania’s 2020 election was unfair. But as lawyer Rudolph Giuliani stressed, the Campaign “doesn’t plead frau... More...

$0 (11-27-2020 - PA)

United States of America v. Yuriy Sergeyevich Andrienko, et al.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania conspiracy, wire fraud, identity theft, damage to computers criminal defense lawyers. On Oct. 15, 2020, a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh returned an indictment charging six computer hackers, all of whom were residents and nationals of the Russian Federation (Russia) and officers in Unit 74455 of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), a military intelli... More...

$0 (10-19-2020 - PA)

Donna Dinaples v. MRS BPO, LLC

<center> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/James_A._Byrne_United_States_Courthouse.jpg/237px-James_A._Byrne_United_States_Courthouse.jpg"> </center> Five years ago, in Douglass v. Convergent Outsourcing, 765 F.3d 299 (3d Cir. 2014), we held that a debt collector violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 1... More...

$0 (08-13-2019 - PA)

Anthony Hildebrand v. Allegheny County

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/erie_pa.jpg?itok=EezIEe-W"> </center> In 2013, Anthony Hildebrand sued his former employer for age discrimination in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. When jurisdiction was returned to the District Court in 2015 after an appe... More...

$0 (04-24-2019 - PA)

ARTHUR BEDROSIAN v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

<center> <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"> <h2> <h2> </h2> </center> Congress passed the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 to require certain reports and records that ... More...

$0 (12-21-2018 - PA)

Theodore Hayes and Aqeela Fogle v. Philip E. Harvey

The Hayes family receives enhanced voucher rental assistance from the federal government, and a federal statute provides that enhanced voucher holders “may elect to remain” in their housing developments, even after their landlord has opted out of the federal housing assistance program. 42 U.S.C. § 1437f(t)(1)(B). But the Hayes family’s landlord, Appellee Philip Harve... More...

$0 (09-04-2018 - PA)

Christopher Mielo and Sarah Heinzl v. Steak 'N Shake Operations, Inc.

In this class action lawsuit, two disability rights advocates have sued Steak ’n Shake under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Alleging they have personally experienced difficulty ambulating in their wheelchairs through two sloped parking facilities, these Plaintiffs seek to sue on behalf of all physically disabled individuals who may have experienced similar difficulties at Steak... More...

$0 (08-02-2018 - PA)

Lea Augustin v. City of Philadelphia

This case involves a group of landlords who object to the system of liens used by the City of Philadelphia to collect unpaid gas bills. The District Court certified a class and held that the City had violated the landlords’ rights under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The City filed this appeal, arguing that its procedures for collecting gas debts are constitutional. We agree... More...

$0 (07-23-2018 - PA)

Nadine Pellegrino and Harry Waldman v. T.S.A., Nuyriah Abdul-Malik, Laura Labbee, and Denice Kissinger

In Vanderklok v. United States, 868 F.3d 189 (3d Cir. 2017), we declined to imply a Bivens cause of action against airport screeners employed by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in part because they “typically are not law enforcement officers and do not act as such.” Id. at 208. We now must decide a related question that we anticipated, but did not resol... More...

$0 (07-13-2018 - PA)

United States of America v. Juan H. Ramos

The government appeals the District Court’s determination at sentencing that Juan Ramos is not a “career offender” under Section 4B1.1 of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. That determination was based on the conclusion that Ramos’s prior state court conviction for aggravated assault is not a predicate “crime of violence,” as that term is defined in the Guidelines. We disagree with that c... More...

$0 (06-15-2018 - PA)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JUAN H. RAMOS <table> <td>

Ramos’s status as a career offender is dictated by his criminal record, which includes several prior felony convictions. First, in July 1998, Ramos “threw a brick at the nose of a 10-year-old child,” who then required medical treatment at a local hospital.1 As a result, Ramos pled guilty to aggravated assault in the Philadelphia County Common Pleas Court.2 Second, in October 1999, Ramos w... More...

$0 (06-21-2018 - PA)

Nicole Haberle v. Officer Daniel Troxell

Timothy Nixon was a troubled man. After stealing a firearm, he told his partner, Nicole Haberle, that he was going to commit suicide. When a police officer employed by the Borough of Nazareth learned of that threat, he did not wait for trained crisis support professionals but instead knocked on the door of the apartment where Nixon was located and announced his presence. Nixon immediately shot him... More...

$0 (03-22-2018 - PA)

United States of America v. Gabriel Werdene

This case arises from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) investigation into Playpen, a global online forum that existed on the dark web1 and that was 1 “The dark web is a private global computer network that enables users to conduct anonymous transactions without revealing any trace of their location.” Ahmed Ghappour, Searching Places Unknown: Law Enforcement... More...

$0 (02-23-2018 - PA)

Colleen M. Bradley v. West Chester University of The Pennsylvania State Sytem of Higher Education

While employed in an administrative position at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, Colleen Bradley shared her concerns about one of the school’s budget documents with her colleagues. Subsequently, she was informed by her supervisor that her employment contract would not be renewed. Arguing that her speech was protected by the First Amendment to the United States Con... More...

$0 (02-02-2018 - PA)

United States of America v. Jerome Wilson

If it were somehow in doubt before, we take the opportunity now to hold that bank robbery by intimidation is categorically a “crime of violence” under the United States Sentencing Guidelines. In doing so, we join several other federal courts of appeals that have held the same under the guidelines or the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”). 3 Jerome Wilson pled guilty to unarmed bank... More...

$0 (01-23-2018 - PA)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JEROME WILSON <table> <td>

The facts of the case are not in dispute. Wilson pled guilty to three counts of unarmed bank robbery or attempted bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), and the District Court sentenced him to 151 months’ imprisonment, three years of supervised released, restitution of $3,122, and a special assessment of $300. The sentence was based in part on two enhancements: one for being a care... More...

$0 (01-19-2018 - 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 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)

Joan Kedra v. Richard Schroeter

This case arises from the grievous death of State Trooper David Kedra, who was shot and killed by his instructor, then-Corporal Richard Schroeter, during a routine firearms training. Although a long-term veteran of the police force and specifically certified in the safe use of firearms, ** Honorable Michael J. Melloy, Senior Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for... More...

$0 (12-03-2017 - PA)

Michael Souryavong v. Lackawanna County

In November of 2011 Sheldon Mann, a football player for the Palmerton Area School District, experienced a hard hit during a practice session. While some players thought that Sheldon may have been exhibiting concussion-like symptoms, he was sent back into the practice session by his Coach, Appellee Chris Walkowiak. After being returned to practice, Sheldon suffered another violent collision and was... More...

$0 (10-03-2017 - PA)

Michael Souryavong v. Lackawanna County

This employee-overtime appeal raises questions as to the nature of the evidence that is sufficient to create a jury question on the purported “willfulness” of an employer’s nonpayment of overtime. The question matters because a finding of willfulness expands the limitations period for claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), in effect permitting a plain... More...

$0 (09-25-2017 - PA)

Roger Vanderklok v. United States of America

Roger Vanderklok wanted to fly from Philadelphia to Miami, where he intended to run a half-marathon. In his carry-on luggage, he had a heart monitor and watch stored inside a piece of PVC pipe that was capped on both ends. During screening at the airport security checkpoint, the pipe and electronics prompted secondary screening, supervised by Transportation Security Adminis... More...

$0 (08-23-2017 - PA)

Jane Doe v. Mercy Catholic Medical Center

Medical residencies are a vital component of American medical education. McKeesport Hosp. v. ACGME, 24 F.3d 519, 525 (3d Cir. 1994). They provide new doctors a supervised transition between the pure academics of medical school and the realities of practice. Generally they do so successfully: Our nation’s residency programs reliably produce some of the “finest physicians and medical researchers... More...

$0 (03-13-2017 - PA)

Khadidia Issa v. The School District of Lancaster

School-age refugees facing language barriers asked the District Court for a preliminary injunction compelling the School District of Lancaster to allow them to transfer from Phoenix Academy, an accelerated credit-recovery high school, to McCaskey High School’s International School, a program designed principally to teach language skills to English language learners, or ELLs. The District Court g... More...

$0 (02-12-2017 - PA)

United States of America v. Leo Glodzik

Scranton, PA - Former Wilkes-Barre Towing Contractor Sentenced To Two And A Half Years Imprisonment For Mail Fraud, Unlawful Possession Of A Firearm And Filing A False Income Tax Return Leo Glodzik, age 45, of Wilkes-Barre, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo, on charges of mail fraud, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and s... More...

$0 (09-21-2016 - PA)

Jeffrey Wiest v. Tyco Electronics Corp

We review the record in the light most favorable to the party opposing summary judgment—here, the plaintiff. See Reedy v. Evanson, 615 F.3d 197, 210 (3d Cir. 2010). Nevertheless, we do not at the summary judgment stage of proceedings accept as true allegations unsupported in the record. See Williams v. Borough of West Chester, 891 F.2d 458, 460 (3d Cir. 1989) (internal citations omitted) (“... More...

$0 (02-07-2016 - PA)