• Devincenzo-Gambone v. Erie Ins. Exch.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-01
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Montgomery County
    Judge: Judge Rogers
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    Case Number: 2017-09856

    The court issued its decision on damages in a suit between an injured motorist and her insurance company that found the insurance company acted in bad faith, assessed attorneys' fees based on a contingency agreement and awarded punitive damages.

  • Commonwealth v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Montgomery County
    Judge: Judge Rogers
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    Case Number: 2063 EDA 2023

    The court filed its §1925(a) opinion asking the Superior Court to affirm its order granting appellee's motion to suppress.

  • Shor, Levin & DeRita, P.C. v. Villari, Kusturiss, Brandes & Kline, P.C.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-20
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Montgomery County
    Judge: Judge Rogers
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    Case Number: 2007-01476

    Law firm filed a motion for contempt against another law firm for ongoing violations of a prior order of the court. The court granted the motion and imposed both compensatory and coercive contempt sanctions.

  • Commonwealth v. Ratliff

    Publication Date: 2023-11-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Montgomery County
    Judge: Judge Rogers
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    Case Number: 910 EDA 2023

    Appellant appealed his judgment of sentence on firearms-related charges. The court affirmed, holding that appellant's sentence, which included consecutive mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment, was neither unreasonable nor excessive where the aggregate term imposed was a small fraction of appellant's potential sentence and far below Commonwealth's requested sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Coleman

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas
    Judge: Judge Rogers
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    Case Number: 607 EDA 2023

    Appellant appealed his sentence after being found guilty in a bench trial of misdemeanor retail theft and receiving stolen property. The court determined that the Commonwealth met its burden to establish the value of the stolen property and requested that the Superior Court affirm the court's judgment.

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  • Commonwealth v. Ly

    Publication Date: 2023-07-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Montgomery County
    Judge: Judge Rogers
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    Case Number: 5286-2021

    Criminal defendant in a DUI case filed a motion to suppress evidence following a traffic stop, asserting that the police officer lacked probable cause to stop his vehicle. The court agreed, finding that the Commonwealth had not met its burden of establishing probable cause for the traffic stop and suppressed the evidence.

  • Commonwealth v. Wright

    Publication Date: 2023-05-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Montgomery County
    Judge: Judge Rogers
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2212-2022

    Although a psychologist conducted a series of psychoeducational assessments and concluded that defendant should be tried as a juvenile defendant, the court denied the 19-year-old's motion to decertify the matter back to juvenile court because several factors outlined in 42 Pa.C.S.A. §6355 did not warrant juvenile jurisdiction.

  • Commonwealth v. Gethers

    Publication Date: 2022-12-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Montgomery County
    Judge: Judge Rogers
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    Case Number: 7289-2019

    The delay in bringing defendant to trial was not so harsh as to warrant dismissal where the circumstances were largely attributable to the global COVID-19 pandemic, a large backlog resulting from the court's shutdown, the prioritization of cases and defendant's release on bail and subsequent incarceration for first degree murder. The court denied defendant's motion to dismiss.

  • DeVincenzo-Gambone v. Erie Ins. Exch.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-14
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Montgomery County
    Judge: Judge Rogers
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2017-09856

    Court found for insured plaintiffs against defendant insurance company finding that defendant acted in bad faith when they sought to modify the arbitrator's award following a binding arbitration between the parties. The court noted that defendant failed to inform plaintiffs of their intention to reserve the legal issue of stacking for appeal and acted with reckless disregard as to the arbitrator's award.

  • Cooper v. Kratz Enter., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Montgomery County
    Judge: Judge Rogers
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    Case Number: 22-0868

    Court requested the Superior Court dismiss appellant's appeal for failure to follow multiple Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure, which, ultimately led to appellant's appeal being filed almost two years after the court had granted appellees' motions for summary judgment. In the alternative, the court requested the Superior Court affirm the summary judgment holding, as appellant's complaint was legally insufficient in that it argued facts not of record and only attached exhibits to a brief in opposition and brief seeking reconsiderat