Stewart v. Rossi

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding defendant suffered sufficient prejudice to justify total preclusion where he was unable to prepare defense, because for years, plaintiff failed to respond to discovery requests, produce names of fact and expert witnesses, provide any expert reports, or conduct depositions
• upholding trial court’s dismissal sanction when discovery violations were in bad faith and significantly prejudiced the defendant’s defense
• finding a litigant’s actions constituted “egregious” violations of the rules of discovery when the litigant failed to provide adequate responses to discovery requests over a period of several years
• finding a litigant's actions constituted \egregious\ violations of the rules of discovery when the litigant failed to provide adequate responses to discovery requests over a period of several years

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Croydon Plastics Co. v. Lower Bucks Cooling & Heating
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-07-29· cited 66×
• Alpart v. General Land Partners, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2008-08-19· cited 55×
• City of Philadelphia v. Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 5
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-12-29· cited 53×
• Grandelli v. Methodist Hospital
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-05-21· cited 52×
• ANTHONY BIDDLE CONTRACTORS, INC. v. Preet Allied American Street, LP
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-08-03· cited 39×
• McCarthy v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-04-10· cited 32×
• McGovern v. Hospital Service Ass'n of Northeastern Pennsylvania
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-10-26· cited 29×
• Cove Centre, Inc. v. Westhafer Construction, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-01-26· cited 25×
• Wolloch v. Aiken
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-03-10· cited 21×
• City of Philadelphia v. Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 5
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-07-30· cited 18×
• Estate of Ghaner v. Bindi
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-06-29· cited 18×
• Hoss Land Co. v. Thorson, R.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-09-05· cited 4×
• Brotech Corp. v. Delmarva Chemicals, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-07-30· cited 3×
• Beyer v. Epstein
  Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 1997-01-07
• Fonzone v. Bishop
  Northampton County Court of Common Pleas· 2003-02-14
• Perrini v. Madison Township Board of Supervisors
  Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas· 2009-06-04
• Carl v. Noonan
  Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 2014-07-22
• Lee v. Delaware County Memorial Hospital
  Delaware County Court of Common Pleas· 1997-06-25
• Rubeck v. Milroth
  Fulton County Court of Common Pleas· 2003-02-06

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Feingold v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-11-18· cited 253×
• Miller v. Brass Rail Tavern, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-08-24· cited 198×
• Penn Piping, Inc. v. Insurance Co. of North America
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-02-12· cited 129×
• Al Hamilton Contracting Co. v. Cowder
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-06-20· cited 74×
• Turnway Corporation v. Soffer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-04-25· cited 73×
• Dion v. Graduate Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-01-30· cited 49×
• Metz Contracting, Inc. v. Riverwood Builders, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-02-03· cited 37×
• Steinfurth v. LaManna
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-05-14· cited 37×
• In Re Benson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-11-06· cited 35×
• Elder v. Nationwide Insurance
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-11-21· cited 28×
• Renee Beauty Salons, Inc. v. Blose-Venable
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-01-12· cited 27×
• Miller Oral Surgery, Inc. v. Dinello
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-15· cited 26×
• Pride Contracting, Inc. v. Biehn Construction, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-01-06· cited 25×
• McSloy v. Jeanes Hospital
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-08-22· cited 10×
• Lawrence v. General Medicine Ass'n Ltd.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-02-14· cited 9×