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Expert Opinion // Civil Procedure

Out With the Old, In With the New: 
A Civil Litigation Year-End Review

By

Daniel E. Cummins


Over the past year, there was a steady flow of notable decisions handed down by the various state and federal co...

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In the case of Susquehanna Legal Aid For Adults & Youth v. Winkleman, No. CV-2024-01041 (C.P. Lyc. Co. Sept. 23, 2025 Carlucci, J.), Judge William P. Carlucci of the Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas granted a Plaintiff’s Petition to Open a Defendant’s default judgment filed relative to the Defendant’s counterclaim where the court found that the Defendants had...

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In the case of Abda v. Keystone Klub Keyser Oak, LLC, No. 2024-CV-7649 (C.P. Lacka. Co. Nov. 20, 2025 Nealon, J.), Judge Terrence R. Nealon of the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas overruled a Preliminary Objection in the nature of a demurrer filed against the Plaintiff’s claim for punitive damages but sustained Preliminary Objections in the nature of a demurrer fil...

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