Pennsylvania Interference Law

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Fabian Alexander Cook

Reading, Pennsylvania criminla defense lawyer represented the Dendant charged with robbery, possessing instruments of crime, terroristic threats, recklessly endangering another person ("REAP"), and conspiracy to commit robbery. On February 13, 2009, following a two-day trial, a jury found Cook guilty of robbery, possessing instruments of crime, terroristic threats, recklessly endangerin... More...

$0 (01-06-2025 - PA)

United States of America v. Deandre Jackson and Quintell Martins

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants who were charged on February 25, 2021, a grand jury sitting in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania returned a five-count Indictment charging Jackson, Martins, and Winfield with: (1) conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Â§ 1951(a) (Count 1); (2) interference with inter... More...

$0 (11-12-2024 - PA)

United States of America v. Deandre Jackson and Quintel Martin

<h2> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with: </h2> a five-count Indictment charging Jackson, Martins, and Winfield with: (1) conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Â§1951(a)(Count 1); (2) interference with interstate commerce by robbery and aiding and abetting, in violatio... More...

$0 (11-06-2024 - PA)

Ephriam Rodriquez v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania civil litigation, Lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant Family Medical Leave Act violation theory. Plaintiff Rodriquez suffers from severe migraines with auras. SEPTA SUMF He began working for Defendant Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ("SEPTAâ€) in 2015. After prior attendance issues, Rodriquez accumulated two neg... More...

$0 (11-22-2023 - PA)

Rebecca Nelson v. State Farm Fire & Casualty

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania insurance Law lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of contract theory. Plaintiff currently resides, and at all relevant times resided, at 186 Chartiers Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15205 (the "Propertyâ€). Resp. to Concise Statement ("Resp.â€) ¶ 1, ECF No. 65. At all relevant times, Plaintiff maintained a policy of homeo... More...

$0 (05-03-2023 - PA)

United States of America v. Jordan Coyne

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder. <table> <h1> <center> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/pennsylvania/news/pittsburgh/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Pittsburgh</a> </center> </h1> </table> </center> On May 30, 2020, Jordan Coyne... More...

$0 (01-13-2023 - PA)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Joshua Macias

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with carrying a firearm in public and possession of a firearm without a license. Defendant was also charge with conspiracy to interfere with an election. Joshua Macias from Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Antonio LaMotta, reportedly traveled to Philadelphia armed with intent to engage in a mass shooting if Trump l... More...

$0 (10-12-2022 - PA)

United States of America v. Sebastian Bien-Aine

Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with interfering with a flight crew. On July 24, 2022, Sebastian Bien-Aine, age 20, was a passenger on the Porter Airlines, Flight 134, that departed Newark, New Jersey with final destination of Toronto, Canada. During the flight, Bien-Aine left his seat and charged the flight deck door and attempted to enter the do... More...

$0 (07-28-2022 - PA)

United States of America v. Kevin Coles

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with murder for hire, robbery, and drug trafficking. The charges against Kevin Coles, age 36, were the result of a six-year investigation into three murders that occurred on June 25, 2016, on a property along Welsh Run Road in Mercersburg, Franklin County. When Pennsylvania State Police officers were called to ... More...

$0 (05-03-2022 - PA)

United States of America v. David Rinehardt

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with armed robbery. David Rinehardt, age 21 of Statesville, North Carolina, was for committing multiple robbery. Rinhardt's coconspirators, Brandon Harris, age 29, and Childes Neely, age 30, both of Harrisburg, pleaded guilty to robbing the Uptown stores as well as robbing the Rite Aid pharmacy. On D... More...

$0 (12-22-2021 - PA)

United States of America v. Andrew Augustyniak-Duncan

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Andrew Augustyniak-Duncan, 25, who was charged with knowingly and willfully threw projectiles, including pieces of concrete and a pipe, at several Pittsburgh police officers, causing the obstruction, impediment and interference of law enforcement officers engaged in the lawf... More...

$0 (06-03-2021 - PA)

United States of America v. Christopher West

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania conspiracy to commit arson charged criminal defense lawyer represented Christopher West, 26, was charged with conspiracy to set fire to property of an organization that receives federal funding and unlawful interference with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder. In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that West attended a protest mar... More...

$0 (05-25-2021 - PA)

United States of America v. Domenick J. Demuro

<center><img width="600" src="https://www.paed.uscourts.gov/graphics/active/ByrneSmall_4.jpg"></center> Philadelphia, PA - The United States of America charged Domenick J. Demuro with voter fraud. A former Judge of Elections has been convicted for his role in accepting bribes to cast fraudulent ballots and certifying false voting results during the 2014, 2015, and 2016 primary el... More...

$0 (05-21-2020 - PA)

Raysa Alcantara v. Aerotek, Inc.

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/resized_image/EA_2018-05-09_Exterior_View-Final_570_0.jpg"> </center> Plaintiff Raysa Alcantara appeals the District Court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Defendant Aerotek, Inc. on her employment discrimination claims. For the reasons that follow, we will affirm. I1 A Aerotek, a recruitin... More...

$0 (03-25-2019 - PA)

United States of America v. Raymont Wright

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/erie_pa.jpg?itok=EezIEe-W"> </center> The District Court barred a retrial of and dismissed the indictment against Defendant Raymont Wright with prejudice after two juries failed to reach a verdict. The Court did so relying on its inherent authority, but without find... More...

$0 (01-18-2019 - PA)

Kristen Giovanni v. United States Department of the Navy

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.paep.uscourts.gov/sites/paep/files/styles/gallery_slider_full/public/phila1_0.jpg?itok=2YIDLoh-"> </center> The Giovanni family and the Palmer family live in neighborhoods close to contaminated federal facilities that were owned and operated for decades by the United States Navy. The families filed separate suits in state court under the P... More...

$0 (10-03-2018 - 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)

Philadelphia Taxi Association, Inc., et al. v. Uber Technologies, Inc.

Philadelphia taxicab drivers, aggrieved by the influx of taxis hailed at the touch of an app on one’s phone, brought this antitrust action to protest the entry of Appellee Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber”) into the Philadelphia taxicab 4 market. The Philadelphia Taxi Association (“PTA”), along with 80 individual taxicab companies (collectively, “Appellants”... More...

$0 (04-13-2018 - 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)

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)

Frederick Capps v. Mondelez Global, LLC

Frederick Capps challenges the District Court’s Order granting summary judgment in favor of Capps’ former employer, Mondelez Global, LLC (“Mondelez”), one of the largest manufacturers of snack food and beverage productions in the United States. Specifically, Capps argues that the District Court erred in granting Mondelez’s summary judgment motion on Capps’ claim... More...

$0 (02-12-2017 - PA)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JAMIL MURRAY, a/k/a Smooth a/k/a Mills

Jamil Murray entered a plea of guilty to drug distribution offenses, pursuant to a plea agreement that preserved his right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress. He now appeals the denial of that motion, arguing that the District Court erred when it failed to suppress evidence that law enforcement officers obtained as a result of their entry into a motel room that he had rented, but that... More...

$0 (05-02-2016 - PA)

Eugene Brinson v. United States of America

Appellant Eugene Kenneth Brinson appeals from the District Court’s award of damages in the amount of $350.00 for the Appellee’s negligence in serving chicken tainted with salmonella to Appellant while he was an inmate at USP-Canaan on June 25, 2011. For the reasons stated below, we will summarily affirm. Because the parties are familiar with the facts and procedural histo... More...

$0 (02-07-2016 - PA)

United States of America v. Joseph W. Nagle

Joseph Nagle and Ernest Fink were co-owners and executives of concrete manufacturing and construction businesses. The businesses entered into a relationship with a company owned by a person of Filipino descent. His company would bid for subcontracts on Pennsylvania transportation projects as a disadvantaged business enterprise. If his company won the bid for the subcontract, Nagle and Fink’s bus... More...

$0 (09-30-2015 - PA)

DEBORAH HANSLER v. LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL NETWORK

Hansler was hired by Lehigh Valley in 2011 to work as a technical partner. In early March 2013, Hansler began experiencing shortness of breath, nausea, and vomiting. At the time, the cause of these symptoms was unknown. On March 13, Hansler’s physician completed a medical certification form “requesting intermittent leave at a frequency of 2 times weekly starting on March 1, 2013 and lasting fo... More...

$0 (08-23-2015 - PA)

Deborah Hansler v. Lehigh Valley Hospital Network

Deborah Hansler requested intermittent leave from her former employer, Lehigh Valley Health Network (“Lehigh Valley”), under the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (“FMLA” or the “Act”), 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.1 Specifically, Hansler submitted a medical certification 1 The case name incorrectly refers to Lehigh Valley Health Network as Lehigh Valley Hospital Network. 3 requ... More...

$0 (08-19-2015 - PA)

Devon Robotics, LLC v. Gaspar Deviendma; McKessen Corporation

Appellee Devon Robotics, LLC (“Devon”) acquired the rights to distribute two robotic medical devices, CytoCare and i.v. Station, from an Italian corporation, Health Robotics, S.r.l. (“Health Robotics”). Appellant Gaspar DeViedma (“DeViedma”), the general counsel for Health Robotics, negotiated the distribution contracts for both CytoCare and i.v. Station. Each contract contained an i... More...

$0 (08-08-2015 - PA)

Deborah Hansler v. Lehigh Valley Hospital Network

Deborah Hansler requested intermittent leave from her former employer, Lehigh Valley Health Network ("Lehigh Valleyâ€), under the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 ("FMLAâ€ or the "Actâ€), 29 U.S.C. Â§ 2601 et seq.1 Specifically, Hansler submitted a medical certification requesting leave for two days a week for approximately one month. As alleged in the complaint, the medical certi... More...

$0 (06-22-2015 - PA)

Jeffrey Bonkowski v. Oberg Industries, Inc.

Plaintiff Jeffrey Bonkowski appeals from the order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania granting the summary judgment motion filed by Defendant Oberg Industries, Inc. ("Obergâ€) with respect to his claims under the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLAâ€). In this appeal, the Court must interpret a Department of Labor ("DOLâ€) regulationâ€”... More...

$0 (05-22-2015 - PA)

Ronald Ross v. Kevin Gilhuly; Continental Tire of Americas, LLC

Ronald Ross appeals a grant of summary judgment by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to Continental Tire of Americas LLC ("Continentalâ€) and Kevin Gilhuly in this Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLAâ€) action. 29 U.S.C. Â§2601 et seq. Because Ross received all to which he was entitled under the FMLA, and suffered no adverse employment consequenc... More...

$0 (06-17-2014 - PA)

Rox-Ann Feifer v. Westport Insurance Corporation

Appellant Westport Insurance Corporation ("Westportâ€) appeals the District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania's decision declining to exercise jurisdiction over the instant case and its Order dismissing the case without prejudice and remanding it to the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. Reifer v. Westport Ins. Corp., 943 F. Supp. 2d 506, 512 (M.D. Pa. 2013)... More...

$0 (04-29-2014 - PA)

Steven R. Graboff v. The Colleran Firm

This matter comes on before this Court on an appeal from an order of the District Court entered March 28, 2013, denying defendants-appellants, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons' (together the "AAOSâ€), motion for judgment as a matter of law and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. For the reasons we set forth we will affirm ... More...

$0 (02-20-2014 - PA)

Kisano Trade & Invest Limited v. Dev Lemster

In June of 2011, Kisano Trade & Invest Limited ("Kisanoâ€) and Trasteco Ltd. ("Trastecoâ€), two companies owned by Vadim Shulman, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against Dev Lemster and his company, Steel Equipment Corp. The complaint alleged violations of the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICOâ€), intentional interfe... More...

$0 (12-12-2013 - PA)

Michael Gwynn v. City of Philadelphia

City of Philadelphia Police Officers Michael Gwynn and Brendon Ryan appeal a summary judgment entered in favor of several of their fellow officers and the City. Appellants asserted constitutional claims under 42 U.S.C. Â§ 1983, statutory claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and various state law claims. For the reasons that follow, we will affirm the judgment of the District Court. <br... More...

$0 (06-25-2013 - PA)

Michael Gwynn v. City of Philadelphia

City of Philadelphia Police Officers Michael Gwynn and Brendon Ryan appeal a summary judgment entered in favor of several of their fellow officers and the City. Appellants asserted constitutional claims under 42 U.S.C. Â§ 1983, statutory claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and various state law claims. For the reasons that follow, we will affirm the judgment of the District Court. <br... More...

$0 (06-20-2013 - PA)

United States of America v. Kaboni Savage

The United States of America charged Kaboni Savage with conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1962; murder in aid of racketeering activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1959; retaliating against a witness in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1513; using fire to commit a felony in violation of 18 U.S.C. 844; tampering with a witness in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1512; racket... More...

$0 (05-31-2013 - PA)

Mary Burton v. Teleflex, Inc.

Appellant Mary Burton ("Burtonâ€) alleges that her employer, Teleflex Inc. ("Teleflexâ€),1 terminated her employment in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. Â§ 621 et seq., and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), 42 U.S.C. Â§ 2000e et seq. Burton also alleges various state law discrimination, contract, and tort claims against Tele... More...

$0 (02-21-2013 - PA)

Jamie Lichtenstein v. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Appellant Jamie Lichtenstein alleges that her employer, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC),1 terminated her employment in violation of the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. Â§ 2601 et seq. The District Court granted summary judgment to UPMC on Lichtenstein's retaliation and interference claims. Lichtenstein's challenge to the District Court's decision requires us to ... More...

$0 (08-03-2012 - PA)

Benjamin A. Post, Esquire v. St. Paul Travelers Insurance Company

Before us are an appeal and a cross-appeal arising from an action brought by attorney Benjamin Post ("Postâ€) against his legal malpractice insurer, St. Paul Travelers Insurance Company ("Travelersâ€), for, among other things, insurance bad faith and breach of contract. The District Court granted summary judgment in favor of Travelers on the bad faith claim, the order from which Post now... More...

$0 (07-31-2012 - PA)