Winning this lawsuit was not in the cards for a Lackawanna County couple.
In a ruling issued Monday, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania upheld a Lackawanna County Court ruling that a 232-year-old Pennsylvania law does not allow the couple — neurologist Vithalbahai Dhaduk and his wife, Ranjan Dhaduk — to recover $700,000 in loans given to a friend — internist Bhupendra Patel, M.D. — to cover Patel’s losses from gambling in the card game blackjack at a Florida casino.
The Dhaduks, of Glenburn Twp., sued Patel, of Susquehanna borough, in July 2024 in Lackawanna County Court, claiming breach of contract, fraud, unjust enrichment and promissory estoppel — meaning reneging on a promise to pay back the loan — according to that…