7 results for 'judge:"McLaughlin"'.
J. McLaughlin finds that the lower court properly ruled in favor of Wells Fargo in this suit in which a bank customer alleges that the bank failed to catch that someone had forged his signature on several large checks. The bank is liable for conversion because it accepted the checks without the customer’s endorsement and then issued payment to someone not “entitled to enforce the instrument or receive payment.” Reversed.
Court: Pennsylvania Superior Court, Judge: McLaughlin, Filed On: July 16, 2024, Case #: J-A08031-24, Categories: Conversion, Enforcement Of Judgments, Banking / Lending
J. McLaughlin finds that the lower court properly found that a pet store owner failed to sustain her burden in this replevin action and finding that a cat rescue organization owned the cat who had been living in her shop, Toby. The record shows that the organization owned Toby and therefore had the right to repossess her. Affirmed.
Court: Pennsylvania Superior Court, Judge: McLaughlin, Filed On: December 20, 2023, Case #: J-S39019-23, Categories: Civil Procedure, Property
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J. McLaughlin finds that the lower court improperly granted a lime product manufacturer’s motion for summary judgment holding that the suing workers could not pierce the veil in this suit over their asbestos exposure. The asbestos-exposed employees produced evidence that, in practice, the manufacturer and shipbuilding company acted as a single entity, and that the manufacturer left the shipbuilder with inadequate assets to satisfy foreseeable asbestos liabilities. Reversed.
Court: Pennsylvania Superior Court, Judge: McLaughlin, Filed On: December 19, 2023, Case #: J-A15029-23, Categories: Civil Procedure, Insurance, Asbestos