FRANCIS J. BERNHARDT III, PC v. Needleman

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that withholding of fees from a settlement was properly alleged as conversion
• remanding for assessment of punitive damages for conversion in connection with a fee dispute between lawyers
• remanding for assessment of punitive damages for conversion in connection with a fee dispute between lawyers
• imposing conversion liability on a law firm’s failure to remit settlement proceeds
• as to conversion claim, addressing the limited issue of whether attorneys had a property interest in settlement proceeds
• “Our finding on the conversion issue enables this court to award punitive damages.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

31 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Pittsburgh Construction Co. v. Griffith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-10-06· cited 174×
• Saltiel v. GSI Consultants, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2002-01-23· cited 160×
• Ratti v. Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-08-18· cited 120×
• McDermott v. Party City Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1998-06-30· cited 58×
• Premier Payments Online, Inc. v. Payment Systems Worldwide
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2012-01-27· cited 47×
• Satterfield v. Borough of Schuylkill Haven
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1998-07-07· cited 42×
• Pioneer Commercial Funding Corp. v. American Financial Mortgage Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-08-19· cited 35×
• QVC, Inc. v. Resultly, LLC
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2016-02-10· cited 26×
• Kramer v. Schaeffer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-04-20· cited 25×
• Wen v. Willis
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2015-07-31· cited 20×
• Broederdorf v. Bacheler
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2015-09-14· cited 16×
• Yaros v. Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-12-09· cited 15×
• Berger & Montague, P.C. v. Scott & Scott, LLC
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2001-07-24· cited 14×
• Viruet Ex Rel. Velasquez v. Cancel
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-03-11· cited 12×
• Spector Gadon & Rosen v. Rudinski, Orso & Lynch
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-04-07· cited 12×
• In Re U.S. Physicians, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1999-06-30· cited 9×
• Westport Insurance v. Hanft & Knight, P.C.
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 2007-12-10· cited 9×
• Bernotas v. Super Fresh Food Markets, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-20· cited 8×
• Marshall v. Fenstermacher
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2005-08-23· cited 8×
• Egelman Ex Rel. Egelman v. Egelman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-03-17· cited 6×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Feld v. Merriam
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-12-18· cited 477×
• Rizzo v. Haines
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-06· cited 222×
• Wicks v. Milzoco Builders, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-29· cited 161×
• Stevenson v. Economy Bank of Ambridge
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-01-21· cited 148×
• Commonwealth v. Claypool
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-06-26· cited 144×
• Snyder v. Snyder
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-08-06· cited 111×
• Shonberger v. Oswell
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-08-18· cited 88×
• Whistler Sportswear, Inc. v. Rullo
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-24· cited 64×
• De Joseph v. Zambelli
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1958-03-17· cited 58×
• Lawner v. Engelbach
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1969-01-15· cited 38×
• Strickler v. Huffine
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-12-22· cited 32×
• House of Pasta, Inc. v. Mayo
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-08-13· cited 26×
• Hatalowich v. Redevelopment Authority
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-11-26· cited 25×
• Rubin Quinn Moss Heaney & Patterson, P.C. v. Kennel
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1993-08-31· cited 22×
• Cowen v. KRASAS
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-04-22· cited 18×
• Petroleum Marketing Corp. v. Metropolitan Petroleum Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-05-28· cited 8×
• Donlin v. J.J. Newberry Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-09-23· cited 5×