Category: Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court

Ladley v. Pa. State Educ. Assoc.

An en banc panel of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court reversed the trial court’s summary judgment order. Teachers filed a declaratory judgment action and civil rights case, challenging the constitutionality of

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Vazquez-Santiago v. PENNDOT

An en banc panel of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court affirmed the trial court’s order, which sustained Licensee’s appeal of the suspension of his driving privileges. Licensee was stopped and arrested

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Commonwealth v. Monsanto Co.

An en banc panel of the Commonwealth Court reviewed preliminary objections in an environmental action filed by the state against Monsanto and its successors for public nuisance, trespass, design defect,

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DiLaqua v. Phila. Fire Dept.

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court reversed the Workers’ Compensation (WC) Appeal Board’s (Board) order that denied a Claim Petition for WC (Claim Petition). Claimant filed the Claim Petition, seeking WC benefits

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Ferguson v. PENNDOT

This case presented the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court with an issue of first impression: Whether the decision in Chichkin affects the civil suspension of driving privileges for second-time DUI offenders when

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Kolenich v. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Rev.

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court reversed an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review that denied the claimant’s request for unemployment compensation. After two of his three part-time university employers

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Pritchett v. PENNDOT

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court reversed the trial court’s order, which sustained Licensee’s appeal from PENNDOT’s 12-month suspension of his driving privileges. The Court held that a trooper had reasonable grounds

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