Vol. LVI Allentown, PA Friday, October 30, 2015 No. 70

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Vol. LVI Allentown, PA Friday, October 30, 2015 No. 70
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THE COURT
The Hon. Edward D. Reibman, President Judge
The Hon. Carol K. McGinley, Judge
The Hon. William E. Ford, Judge
The Hon. Robert L. Steinberg, Judge
The Hon. J. Brian Johnson, Judge
The Hon. Kelly L. Banach, Judge
The Hon. James T. Anthony, Judge
The Hon. Maria L. Dantos, Judge
The Hon. Michele A. Varricchio, Judge
The Hon. Douglas G. Reichley, Judge
The Hon. Lawrence J. Brenner, Senior Judge
The Hon. Alan M. Black, Senior Judge
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
LEHIGH COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA
IN RE: DESIGNATION OF :
COURT DIVISIONS AND : Judicial Assignments
ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGES : File No. 2015-J-
ORDER
AND NOW, this day of October, 2015, the following
judicial assignments are made effective this date and the
indicated Judges are hereby designated as Administrative
Judge of the indicated divisions of the Court of Common
Pleas of Lehigh County, until further order:
CIVIL DIVISION/FAMILY COURT DIVISION
President Judge Edward D. Reibman
Judge Carol K. McGinley
Judge J. Brian Johnson, Administrative Judge of Civil Court
Judge Michele A. Varricchio, Administrative Judge of
Family Court
Judge Douglas G. Reichley
ORPHANS’ COURT
President Judge Edward D. Reibman
Judge Carol K. McGinley
Judge William E. Ford
Judge J. Brian Johnson, Administrative Judge of Orphans’
Court1
Judge Michele A. Varricchio
1 Includes Child Dependency Cases.
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CRIMINAL DIVISION
Judge William E. Ford
Judge Robert L. Steinberg
Judge Kelly L. Banach, Administrative Judge of Criminal
Court2
Judge James T. Anthony
Judge Maria L. Dantos
BY THE COURT:

EDWARD D. REIBMAN, P.J.
2 Includes Juvenile Delinquency Cases.
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Denzel vs. Federal Cleaning Contractors et al.
640 Denzel vs. Federal Cleaning Contractors et al.
MARGARET E. DENZEL, PLAiNTiff vs.
fEDERAL CLEANiNG CONTRACTORS, iNC.,
J. fOSTER & SONS, iNC., PRUDENTiAL iNVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT, iNC., POAG & McEWEN LifESTYLE
CENTERS, LLC AND THE PROMENADE SHOPS AT
SAUCON VALLEY a/k/a PROMENADE SHOPS AT
SAUCON VALLEY, DEfENDANTS
Motion for Summary Judgment—Negligence— Slip and
Fall—Duty of Landowner—Business Invitee—Snowy
Conditions—Hills and Ridges Doctrine—Assumption of
the Risk—Known or Obvious Conditions on Land.
Court granted summary judgment to Defendants in slip and fall case, holding that
Plaintiff assumed the risk of her injury when she knowingly and voluntarily walked over
patches of snow and ice in shopping area to continue shopping. Defendants’ duty to exercise
reasonable care to protect Plaintiff, a business invitee, from known or discoverable condi-
tions on the land was discharged because Plaintiff assumed the risk of her injury.
in the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County, Pennsyl-
vania—Civil Division. No. 2013-C-1078. Margaret E. Denzel,
Plaintiff vs. federal Cleaning Contractors, inc., J. foster & Sons,
inc., Prudential investment Management, inc., Poag & McEwen
Lifestyle Centers, LLC and The Promenade Shops at Saucon Val-
ley a/k/a Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley.
Kevin M. Malloy, esquire, on behalf of the Plaintiff.
John M. CaMpbell, esquire, on behalf of the Defendant
federal Cleaning Contractors, inc.
J. vinCent roChe, esquire, on behalf of the Defendant J.
foster & Sons, inc.
Christopher J. o’Connell, esquire, on behalf of the De-
fendants Prudential investment Management, inc., Poag & Mc-
Ewen Lifestyle Centers, LLC, The Promenade Shops at Saucon
Valley a/k/a Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley.
MEMORANDUM OPiNiON
varriCChio, J., November 5, 2014. This case was transferred
to Lehigh County on April 1, 2013. Plaintiff, Margaret Denzel
(Plaintiff ) alleges that on february 12, 2010, she sustained injuries
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