Appellant appealed the post-conviction relief court's denial of his petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act. The court affirmed, holding that the PCRA court did not err in declining to deem appellant's version of facts admitted where Commonwealth failed to answer appellant's PCRA petition as ordered by the PCRA court.

Plaintiff Walter DiBease appealed the dismissal of his slip and fall claim against the government.

Eviction Dismissed; Respondents' Case Fell Under Good Cause Eviction Law

In this § 1925(a) opinion, the trial court justified his non-jury verdict in favor of defendant Nationwide that was on appeal to the Superior Court.

Defendant filed preliminary objections to assignee-plaintiff's complaint seeking recovery on a credit card debt. The court dismissed the preliminary objections, holding that plaintiff's complaint was sufficiently specific and legally sufficient, even absent attached writings necessary to satisfy Pa. R. Civ. P. 1019(i).

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Plaintiff appealed the grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant Township and the dismissal of her complaint alleging Township "failed to maintain and negligently repaired [a] drainage system on [p]laintiff's property and the cul-de-sac where [p]laintiff's property [wa]s located." Plaintiff purchased a home in 1978 and installed a swimming pool which subsequently required repairs.

Commonwealth appealed the trial court's order granting appellee's post-sentence motions for discharge or alternatively for a new trial on weight-of-the-evidence grounds. The court reversed, affirmed the grant of a new trial, and remanded for further proceedings, holding in pertinent part that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in concluding the jury's verdict shocked its conscience in light of the trial court's review of alternative theories for victim testimony accusing appellee of sexual molestation.

Court found trial court did not abuse its discretion in entering default judgment as a sanction for defendant's willful failure to comply with discovery obligations and withholding records necessary to determine the amount owed on the mortgage at issue. Order of the trial court affirmed.

Court found no error in admitting children's school records obtained from the school district under the hearsay exception for records of a regularly conducted activity. Judgment of the trial court affirmed.