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RECENT OPINION SUMMARIES
STEINMAN v. WORLD RACHING GROUP, INC., ET. AL.
A.D. 14-10039 (2015)
As to the interpretation of exculpatory clauses, the following standards apply: 1) the contract language must be construed strictly, since exculpatory language is not favored by the law; 2) the contract must state the intention of the parties with the greatest particularity, beyond doubt by express stipulation, and no inference from words of general import can establish the intent of the parties; 3) the language of the contract must be construed, in cases of ambiguity, against the party seeking immunity from liability; and 4) the burden of establishing the immunity is upon the party invoking protection under the clause. In addition, a court must look to an agreement as a whole to determine whether the parties’ intent is clearly set forth.
DEFFENBAUGH v. GIANCOLA, ET.AL.
A.D. 15-10559 (2015)
With regard to the validity of forum selection clauses, the modern and correct rule is that a court in which venue is proper and which has jurisdiction should decline to proceed with the cause when the parties have freely agreed that litigation shall be conducted in another forum and where such agreement is not unreasonable at the time of litigation. Such an agreement is unreasonable only where its enforcement would, under all circumstances existing at the time of litigation, seriously impair plaintiff’s ability to pursue his cause of action. Mere inconvenience or additional expense is not the test of unreasonable since it may be assumed that the plaintiff received under the contract consideration for these things. If the agreed upon forum is available to plaintiff and said forum can do substantial justice to the cause of action then plaintiff should be bound by his agreement. Moreover, the party seeking to obviate the agreement has the burden of proving its unreasonableness.
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ESTATE NOTICES
Notice is hereby given that in the estates of the decedents set forth below the Register of Wills has granted letters testamentary or of administration to the persons named. All persons having claims or demands against said estates are requested to make known the same, and all persons indebted to said estates are requested to make payment without delay, to the executors or administrators or their attorneys named below.
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FIRST PUBLICATION
Estate of: Jean S Baker
a/k/a: Jean S Bradley
Late of: Mars PA
Executor: Rebecca L Fadik
483 Olive Street
Pittsburgh PA 15237
Attorney: No Attorney on Record
Estate of: Mary P Cochrane
Late of: Jefferson Township PA
Executor: Mary Denise Hartman
429 Taylor Avenue
Alameda CA 94501
Executor: Russell B Hartman
5 Ryan Lane
Langhorne PA 19047
Attorney: Katie M Casker
Lope Casker & Casker
207 East Grandview Avenue
Zelienople PA 16063
Estate of: Richard G Freehling
a/k/a: Richard Glenn Freehling Sr
Late of: Butler Township PA
Executor: Gregory B Freehling
258 Clematis Drive
Wexford PA 15090
Attorney: William C Robinson Jr
Henninger & Robinson PC
6 West Diamond Street
Butler PA 16001
Estate of: Helane R Hay
a/k/a: Helane Ruth Hay
Late of: Slippery Rock PA
Executor: Deborah Hay
244 Creek Drive
Slippery Rock PA 16057
Attorney: Laurel Hartshorn
254 W Main St POB 553
Saxonburg PA 16056
Estate of: Joan Walker Kraus
a/k/a: Joan W Kraus
a/k/a: Joan Boose Walker
a/k/a: Joan Walker Geary
Late of: Mars PA
Executor: Patricia Stone Funovits
135 Blackthorn Drive
Butler PA 16002
Attorney: Jenna R DiFrancesco
Burns White LLC
Four Northshore Center
160 Isabella Street
Pittsburgh PA 15212
Estate of: Desiree Ann Massart
a/k/a: Desiree Massart
a/k/a: Desiree A Massart
Late of: Butler Township PA
Administrator: Deborah A Cypher
110 W Patterson Avenue
Butler PA 16001
Attorney: Jennifer R Linn
Jennifer R Linn & Associates
228 South Main Street POB 1554
Butler PA 16003-1554
Estate of: Lucille Mae Mullenax
Late of: Cranberry Township PA
Executor: Patricia E Rape
227 E Douglas Street POB 83
Saint Joseph IL 61873
Attorney: Steven T Casker
Lope Casker & Casker
207 East Grandview Ave
Zelienople PA 16063
Estate of: Bernard William Peitz Jr.
Late of: Butler PA
Administrator: Deborah R Peitz
564 N Monroe Street
Butler PA 16001
Attorney: No Attorney on Record
Estate of: Elizabeth M Sanders
a/k/a: Elizabeth Sanders
Late of: Zelienople PA
Executor: Ward L Sanders
8350 Carberry Road
Edinboro PA 16412
Attorney: Grant M Yochim
Steadman Law Office PC
24 Main Street East POB 87
Girard PA 16417
Estate of: Eleanor J Schomburg
Late of: Zelienople PA
Executor: Frederick Lawrence Schomburg
1197 Route 989
Rochester PA 15074
Attorney: Michael W Nalli
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Michael W Nalli PC
150 Pleasant Drive, Suite 101
Aliquippa PA 15001
Estate of: Joan T Weber
Late of: Connoquenessing Township PA
Executor: Phyllis A Genaway
1468 Whitestown Road Ext
Prospect PA 16052
Attorney: Leo M Stepanian II
Stepanian & Menchyk LLP
222 S Main St
Butler PA 16001
Estate of: June P Worstell
Late of: Zelienople PA
Executor: John G Worstell
505 Lower Sawyers Creek Road
Robbinsville NC 28771
Attorney: Darla J Hancher
Hancher Law Office
101 N Green Lane
Zelienople PA 16063
BCLJ: December 4, 11 & 18, 2015
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SECOND PUBLICATION
Estate of: Dennis K Clifford
a/k/a: Dennis Keith Clifford
Late of: Buffalo Township PA
Executor: Beverly L Clifford
102 Hepler Road
Sarver PA 16055
Attorney: No Attorney of Record
Estate of: Alvin G Gray
Late of: Center Township PA
Executor: Stephany J Fosnaught
2015 William Flynn Highway
Butler PA 16001
Attorney: Andrea C Parenti
Dillon McCandless King
Coulter & Graham LLP
128 West Cunningham Street
Butler PA 16001
Estate of: Dorothy C Hershberger
Late of: Butler Township PA
Executor: Donald C Hershberger
POB 282
Chicora PA 16025
Attorney: James P Coulter
Dillon McCandless King
Coulter & Graham LLP
128 West Cunningham Street
Butler PA 16001
Estate of: James E Kane
Late of: Zelienople PA
Administrator: Violet J Vollrath
134 N Green Lane
Zelienople PA 16063
Attorney: Darla J Hancher
Hancher Law Office
101 N Green Lane
Zelienople PA 16063
Estate of: James R Michael
a/k/a: James Ralph Michael
Late of: Cranberry Township PA
Executor: Tammy Michael Lane
201 Hunting Ridge Trail
Cranberry Township PA 16066
Attorney: John A Sparks
POB 123
Grove City PA 16127
Estate of: Richard H Miller
a/k/a: Richard Miller
Late of: Adams Township PA
Executor: Christine T Walsh
1037 Sarvis Drive
Bethel Park PA 15102
Attorney: No Attorney of Record
Estate of: John Stephen Spisak
a/k/a: John S Spisak Sr
a/k/a: John S Spisak
a/k/a: John Stephan Spisak
Late of: Slippery Rock Township PA
Executor: Starlene Smegal
34608 County Road L
Mukwonago WI 53149
Attorney: Ronald W Coyer
SR Law LLC
631 Kelly Blvd POB 67
Slippery Rock PA 16057
Estate of: Charles D Stump
a/k/a: Charles Daniel Stump
Late of: Connoquenessing Township PA
Administrator: Ryan E Rice
266 Portersville Road
Ellwood City PA 16117
Attorney: Philip P Lope
Lope Casker & Casker
207 East Grandview Avenue
Zelienople PA 16063
BCLJ: November 27, December 4 & 11, 2015
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THIRD PUBLICATION
Estate of: Elinor Betros
a/k/a: Elinor L Betros
Late of: Clay County Florida
Executor: Raymond L Betros
2535 Primrose Avenue
Middleburg FL 32068
Attorney: Mary Jo Dillon
Dillon McCandless King
Coulter & Graham LLP
128 West Cunningham Street
Butler PA 16001
Estate of: Robert C Bleicher
a/k/a: Robert Charles Bleicher
Late of: Butler Township PA
Executor: Edmund A Bleicher
243 Old Plank Road
Butler PA 16002
Executor: Tammy Schultheis
134 Double Road
Renfrew PA 16053
Attorney: Jeffrey D Banner
Heritage Elder Law & Estate Planning LLC
318 South Main Street
Butler PA 16001
Estate of: George R Burd Sr
a/k/a: George Robert Burd
Late of: Clinton Township PA
Executor: Carol Ann Bowser
494 Bear Creek Road
Sarver PA 16055
Attorney: Andrew J Sacco
Steiner Sacco Law
160 North McKean Street
Kittanning PA 16201
Estate of: Constance M Cavalero
Late of: Butler PA
Executor: Samuel M Cavalero
919 East Pearl Street
Butler PA 16001
Attorney: Ronald N Thomas
POB 1713
Butler PA 16003
Estate of: Barbara L Fair
Late of: Butler Township PA
Executor: Gale L Fair
4144 Highland Avenue
Butler PA 16001
Attorney: Julie C Anderson
Stepanian & Menchyk LLP
222 South Main Street
Butler PA 16001
Estate of: Helen H Hilton
Late of: Cranberry Township PA
Administrator: David B Hilton
104 Clover Lane
Gibsonia PA 15044
Attorney: No Attorney on Record
Estate of: Carmella J Kelly
Late of: Slippery Rock PA
Executor: Michael Ross
3862 William Flynn Highway
Slippery Rock PA 16057
Attorney: Ronald W Coyer
SR Law LLC
631 Kelly Blvd POB 67
Slippery Rock PA 16057
Estate of: Wilma R Kelly
Late of: Buffalo Township PA
Executor: Dave Posney
157 Beale Road
Sarver PA 16055
Attorney: F Brian Dodson
Dodson & Chase LLC
9800A McKnight Road Suite 100
Pittsburgh PA 15237
Estate of: Helen T McCandless
a/k/a: Helen Tessmer McCandless
Late of: Franklin Township PA
Executor: Catherine A Lackovic
728 Unionville Road
Prospect PA 16052
Executor: Helen M Staiger
240 Duffy Road
Slippery Rock PA 16057
Attorney: Ronald W Coyer
SR Law LLC
631 Kelly Blvd POB 67
Slippery Rock PA 16057
Estate of: Roger V McClean
Late of: Butler Township PA
Administrator: Marilyn J McClean
128 Greenwood Drive
Butler PA 16001
Attorney: Gwilym A Price III
129 South McKean St
Butler PA 16001-6029
Estate of: John P Sassone
a/k/a: John Paul Sassone
Late of: Butler PA
Executor: Lawrence J Sassone
101 Elizabeth Drive
Butler PA 16001
Attorney: William C Robinson Jr
Henninger & Robinson PC
6 West Diamond Street
Butler PA 16001- 6 -
Estate of: David Scrapchansky
Late of: Cranberry Township PA
Executor: Jeanne Scrapchansky
906 Sunset Circle
Cranberry Twp PA 16066
Attorney: Daniel R Tobin
2000 Corporate Drive Suite 350
Wexford PA 15090
Estate of: Christine Wells
Late of: East Butler PA
Executor: Julie Dayton
5760 Phillips Rd
Gibsonia PA 15044-9457
Executor: Thomas Wells
622 W Slippery Rock Rd
Chicora PA 16025-2814
Attorney: John J Morgan
115 South Washington St
Butler PA 16001
Estate of: Anna R Zajacs
Late of: Forward Township PA
Executor: Mark D Zajacs
901 South Washington Street
Evans City PA 16033
Executor: Michael A Zajacs
1021 South Washington Street
Evans City PA 16033
Attorney: Julie C Anderson
Stepanian & Menchyk LLP
222 South Main Street
Butler PA 16001
BCLJ: November 20, 27 & December 4, 2015
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NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County, Pennsylvania, will hold a hearing on the Petition of the Board of School Directors of the Butler Area School District regarding the sale of the Broad Street Elementary School on December 22, 2015, at 1:00 o’clock p.m., in Courtroom No. 3, before the Honorable Judge S. Michael Yeager, located at the Butler County Judicial Center, 124 West Diamond Street, Butler, PA 16001.
Said Petition of the Board of School Directors of the Butler Area School District concerns all of the land and buildings comprising the Broad Street Elementary School located at 200 Broad Street in the City of Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania. The Arc of Butler County, a non-profit corporation, has submitted the highest Purchase Price Offer in the amount of Four Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Seven and 00/100 ($475,007.00) Dollars for the purchase of said land and buildings.
AT THE TIME OF THE AFOREMENTIONED HEARING, THE COURT OF COMMON PLE AS OF BUT LER COUNT Y, PENNSYLVANIA, MAY ENTERTAIN HIGHER AND BETTER OFFERS, IF ANY, FOR THE SALE OF THE LAND AND BUILDINGS COMPRISING THE BROAD STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND IF THERE BEING NONE, MAY APPROVE THE SALE OF THE BROAD STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT ITS PURCHASE PRICE OFFER OF $475,007.00. INTERESTED CITIZENS MAY APPEAR AND BE HEARD.
BUTLER AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
Thomas W. King, III, Solicitor
Dillon McCandless King
Coulter & Graham L.L.P.
128 West Cunningham Street
Butler, PA 16001
BCLJ: November 27, December 4 & 11, 2015
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NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
OF BUTLER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
AD-13-10312 CP 15-20584 ED 15-30168
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC
V.
JAMES H. KELLEY, JR, CHARLOTTE A. LANE (Deceased) and EUGENIA LANE KELLEY
NOTICE TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER CHARLOTTE A. LANE, DECEASED
NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY
Being Premises: 328 GREEN FIELDS COURT, CRANBERRY TWP, PA 16066-3360
Being in CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, County of BUTLER, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 130-S26-A34-0000
Improvements consist of residential property.
Sold as the property of JAMES H. KELLEY, JR, CHARLOTTE A. LANE (Deceased) and EUGENIA LANE KELLEY
Your house (real estate) at 328 GREEN FIELDS COURT, CRANBERRY TWP, PA 16066-3360 is scheduled to be sold at the Sheriff’s Sale on 1/15/2016 at 11:00 AM, at the BUTLER County Courthouse, Butler County Courthouse, P.O. Box 1208, Butler, PA 16003, to enforce the Court Judgment of $287,749.85 obtained by, NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC (the mortgagee), against the above premises.
PHELAN HALLINAN
DIAMOND & JONES, LLP
Attorney for Plaintiff
PH# 802723
BCLJ: December 4, 2015
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NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF EAU CLAIRE BOROUGH COUNCIL FROM SEVEN TO FIVE
Take Notice that Eau Claire Borough Council and certain Registered Electors of Eau Claire Borough have filed a Petition of Certain Registered Electors of Eau Claire Borough to Reduce the Number of Council from Seven to Five with the Butler County Court of Common Pleas at MSD No. 2015-40286.
Hearing on the Petition is scheduled for January 11, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom No. 7 of the Butler County Courthouse with the Honorable President Judge Thomas J. Doerr presiding.
EAU CLAIRE BOROUGH
Michael D. Gallagher, Solicitor
MURRIN, TAYLOR,
FLACH & GALLAGHER
110 East Diamond Street
Butler, PA 16001
BCLJ: December 4, 2015
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF BUTLER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
MsD. No.: 15-40133
IN RE: SALE OF UNREDEEMED
PROPERTY OF THE BUTLER
COUNTY TAX CLAIM BUREAU
TAX PARCEL NO. 564-13-105
THOMAS E. WERTH and DEBRA A. WERTH
PNC BANK, successors to National City of Butler County, Pennsylvania :
TO: ANY INTERESTED PARTY
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE
The Tax Claim Bureau has filed a Petition with the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County to sell at judicial sale the property described below to the highest bidder:
ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land situate in the Fourth Ward of the City of butler, County of Butler and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows:
ON the North one hundred ninety (190) feet, more or less, by lot now or formerly of Mateer; - 12 -
on the East fifty (50) feet by Cliff Street Extension; on the South one hundred ninety-one (191) feet and three (3) inches, more or less, by lot of Longwell; and on the West fifty (50) feet by North McKean Street. Having thereon erected a frame dwelling house.
BEING known as Tax Map Parcel 564-13- 105-0000.
The Court has fixed the 8th day of January, 2016, at 12:30 p.m., in Courtroom No. 3 of the Butler County Government-Judicial Center, Butler, Pennsylvania, as the time and place when this sale shall be made, together with all costs.
At the time of the sale, the Court will sell the property to the highest bidder free and clear of all taxes, municipal claims, mortgages, charges and estates of any kind. Any person may appear at this time and make a substantially higher bid and the sale shall be made to the highest bidder.
This property was previously advertised for the original tax sale made on September 10, 2007.
Thomas J. May, Esquire
DILLON McCANDLESS KING
COULTER & GRAHAM L.L.P.
128 West Cunningham Street
Butler, PA 16001
BCLJ: December 4, 2015
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NOTICE OF FILING CERTIFICATE OF ORGANIZATION
Notice is hereby given that Bash Family Practice, PLLC, of Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania., did on November 9, 2015, file with the Secretary of the Commonwealth at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, an Application under December 21, 1988, P.L. 144, No. 177, Section 103, The Business Corporation Law of 1988, to conduct business under the name of “Bash Family Practice, PLLC”, the business to be earned on at 166 Moore Road, Butler, PA 16001.
RISHOR SIMONE
Kurt S. Rishor, Esquire
Suite 208, 101 East Diamond Street
Butler, PA 16001
(724) 283-7215
BCLJ: December 4, 2015
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REGISTER’S NOTICE
I, Judith Moser, Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans’ Court of Butler County Pennsylvania, do hereby give Notice that the following Accounts of Personal Representatives/Trustees/Guardians have been filed in my office, according to law, and will be presented to Court for confirmation and allowances on Monday, December 14, 2015 at 1:30 PM (prevailing time) of said day.
ESTATE OF: PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE FILED
CUBBISON, Kaye D.........................Denise Throm...................................................11/02/15
DUNCAN, Arthur H..........................Arthur D. Duncan.............................................10/29/15
FIGLER Janice L.
a/k/a Janice Figler............................Kathleen Mercurio............................................10/16/15
HUBERT, Kathryn J.........................James W. Manolis............................................11/02/15
KORNEFF, Irene E...........................Katie M. Casker................................................11/02/15
NOULLET, Richard G......................Patricia E. Scott and John Noullet...................10/23/15
PLUNKARD, Joyce E......................Carol Ann Dellen..............................................10/29/15
REED, Lillian L.................................James C. Reed.................................................10/29/15
NAME GUARDIAN/TRUSTEE/POA FILED
HOVIS, June K. ...............................David C. Hovis, POA........................................10/14/15
MERYL JEAN MOORE TRUST
F/B/O MARGUERITE MILLER......John Shaffer, Trustee.......................................10/30/15
BCLJ: December 4 & 11, 2015
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