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New York Appellate Division Grants Summary Judgment, Holding Driver With Right-of-Way Not Comparatively Negligent in Police...

Brown v. City of Buffalo, No. 24-01627, 373, 238 N.Y.S.3d 358, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 03902, 2025 WL 1776988 (N.Y.A.D. 4 Dept., June 27, 2025) - The plaintiff brought this negligence action for damages after he sustained injuries...more

Pennsylvania Trial Court Holds Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint in Motor Vehicle Injury Case Met Specificity Requirements Under Pa....

Brooks v. Shandor, 2025 WL 2093659 (Pa.Com.Pl.Civil Div.) - The plaintiff alleged in their amended complaint that they suffered “other injuries, the extent of which is not yet known.” The defendant raised a specificity...more

Luzerne County Court Denies Amendment to Add Punitive Damages for Post-Incident Conduct in Dog-Bite Case

Pavlik v. Smith, No. 2024-CV-09109 (Pa. Com. Pl. Aug. 1, 2025) - The plaintiff sought the amend her complaint to add a claim of negligence per se, to add a theory of joint and several liability against both defendants and,...more

Court Grants Summary Judgment, Finding Trivial Tile Height and Lack of Causation in Slip-and-Fall Case

Klobusnik v. The Carafaro Co. and Cafaro-Peachcreek Joint Venture Partnership, No. 1132-2021, 2025 WL 978886 (Pa. Com. Pl. Jan. 3, 2025) - In support of their motion for summary judgment, the defendant argued that the...more

Federal Court Dismisses Negligent Entrustment Claim as Speculative and Lacking Factual Support

Uslu v. Evans, 24-CV-5482, 2025 WL 378919 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 31, 2025) - This case involved a vehicle owned by the co-defendant that allegedly rear-ended the plaintiff’s vehicle. The plaintiff brought action against the...more

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal, Finds Co-Owner Without Control Not an Indispensable Party in Premises Liability...

Simone v. Alam, 333 A.3d 359 (Pa. 2025) - On appeal, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania reversed and remanded the Superior Court’s motion to dismiss order in a premises liability negligence case on the basis that the...more

Superior Court Reverses New Trial, Finds Expert Testimony Objection Waived by Failure to Re-Raise at Trial

E. Wingate and R. Davis v. McGrath, 2879 EDA 2023, 2025 WL 1090887 (Pa. Super. Apr. 10, 2025) - On appeal, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania reversed an order granting a new trial and remanded the case for entry of judgment...more

Superior Court Affirms New Trial in Zoo Injury Case Due to Omission of Open and Obvious Doctrine in Jury Instructions

Janick v. Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 2025 PA Super 90 (Pa. Super. Apr. 22, 2025) - On appeal, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania affirmed a trial court’s granting of a new trial after recognizing it erred in failing...more

Superior Court Vacates Venue Transfer, Orders Discovery on Defendant’s Business Activities in Original County

Mendoza-Colon v. Luscomb, Inc., 2025 PA Super 83 (Pa. Super. Apr. 10, 2025) - On appeal, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania vacated and remanded a trial court’s transfer of venue order, holding that the trial court had...more

Superior Court Reverses Verdict, Orders New Trial for Pain and Suffering and Loss of Consortium in Amputation Case

Banasiak v. Robinson, 2025 WL 587038 (Pa. Super. Feb. 24, 2025) - On appeal, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania reversed and remanded a trial court’s verdict that failed to award damages to the plaintiff for pain and...more

Appellate Court Affirms State Liability in Intersection Crash, Finds Other Driver’s Negligence Not a Superseding Cause

Hunt, et al. v. State of New York, 237 A.D.3d 1386 (N.Y. App. Div. 2025) - In a case involving an automobile collision, the Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division affirmed a decision in favor of the claimants, holding...more

Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment, Finds Triable Issues of Fact in Vehicle Collision Liability Dispute

Tsering v. Fifth Ave. Foods, LLC, 236 A.D.3d 703 (N.Y. App. Div. 2025) - On appeal, the Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division reversed a trial court’s order granting summary judgment on the issue of liability because...more

Appellate Court Affirms Wrongful Death Verdict, Upholds Damages for Pre-Impact Terror, Pain and Suffering, and Economic Loss

Archer v. Parlman, 235 A.D.3d 1218 (N.Y. App. Div. 2025) - On appeal, the Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division affirmed a trial court’s decision to deny the defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict in a wrongful...more

Appellate Court Affirms Denial of New Trial, Finds Mockler Instruction Proper in Wet Roadway Collision Case

Sivak v. Chrzanowski, 2025 WL 366090 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Feb. 3, 2025) - On appeal, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division affirmed a trial court’s order denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial,...more

Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division Reversed Jury Verdict to Dismiss Complaint, Finding the Supreme Court Exercised...

Deliz v. Julia Rose Transport, --- N.Y.S.3d --- (N.Y. App. Div. 2d Dept. 2024) - In Deliz, the plaintiff presented an expert witness to testify that the most likely cause of the motor vehicle accident was that the defendant...more

The Court of Appeals of Ohio, Fourth District, Affirmed the Trial Court’s Summary Judgment in Favor of the Defendants

Kerns v. Hale et al., Slip Copy, 2024 WL 275413 - The plaintiff filed suit, seeking damages under various theories of liability after the defendant struck and injured the plaintiff, who was a pedestrian, with his motor...more

Superior Court of Pennsylvania Affirmed the Trial Court’s Denial for Post-Trial Relief Against the Plaintiff

Vaughan v. Williams, Slip Copy, 2024 WL 1231352 - The plaintiff filed suit against the defendant, alleging negligence in a motor vehicle accident where the defendant’s vehicle struck the plaintiff’s after the defendant...more

Appellate Court Affirms Trial Court’s Grant of Summary Judgment to Defendant, Finding that Plaintiff Failed to Vault the Verbal...

McGovern v. Basich, No. A-3951-21, 2023 WL 8613540 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Dec. 13, 2023) - This case arose from a motor vehicle accident in which the plaintiff had a green light when her car was struck by the defendant’s...more

Court Denies Transfer of Venue, Finding the Claimed Inconvenience in Pre-trial Discovery Is Alleviated by Advanced Communications...

Brooks v. Griffy, No. 22 CV 3250, 2023 WL 6880248 (Pa.Com.Pl. Oct. 18, 2023) - In support of their forum non conveniens transfer request, the defendants submitted affidavits from the driver of the tractor-trailer and the...more

New Jersey Superior Court Concludes That Grant of Summary Judgment on Basis of New Jersey Tort Claims Act Was Improper Because a...

Angeles v. Ruiz, Not Reported in Atl. Rptr., 2023 WL 3669914 - The trial court found that the defendant/township and its snowplow driver were entitled to summary judgment after an accident that occurred while the snowplow...more

Superior Court of Pennsylvania Affirms Trial Court’s Refusal to Open the Judgment of Non Pros Against Plaintiff

Atuahene v. Agondanou, Slip Copy, 2023 WL 2808476 - The plaintiff filed a claim for property damage to her vehicle four years after the date of the accident. The arbitration panel dismissed her claim based on the two-year...more

NY Court Reversed Denial of Summary Judgment to Vehicle Manufacturer/Distributor, Finding They Made Prima Facie Case Showing They...

Caceres v. Toyota Motor North America, Inc. --N.Y.S. 3d ---(N.Y. App. Div. 2d Dept. 2023) - The plaintiff brought a personal injury action against a vehicle dealership, a manufacturer and a distributor based on injuries...more

Delaware Superior Court Grants Plaintiff’s Motion for New Trial Because the Evidence of Record Demonstrated Plaintiff Sustained a...

Callaghan v. Yorston, Not Reported in Atl. Rptr., 2023 WL 3365041 -Although the defendant admitted to liability for a motor vehicle accident, he strongly contested the plaintiff’s injury claim. At trial, the plaintiff...more

New York Court Affirmed Trial Court’s Denial of Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment and Held That a Party Should Be Afforded a...

Cruz v. Fanoush 183 N.Y.S.3d 320 (Mem), (N.Y. App. Div. 2d Dept. 2023) - The plaintiff commenced a personal injury action following a motor vehicle accident. The plaintiff moved for summary judgment on the issues of liability...more

Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division Affirmed Trial Court’s Grant of Summary Judgment in Favor of Plaintiff on Issue of...

Mei v. Cheung 187 N.Y.S. 3d 311, (N.Y. App. Div. 2d Dept. 2023) - The plaintiff was struck by the defendant’s vehicle as she crossed the street. Through deposition testimony, the plaintiff demonstrated that she crossed in the...more

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