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  • Rickard v. American Natl Property and Cas. Co.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-14
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Shogan
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    Case Number: 17-1694

    Orphans court erred in determining that appellants petition for disbursement of an underinsured motorist insurance settlement was ei-ther barred by collateral estoppel from a case before the bankruptcy court or determined by the documents of the welfare plan that paid deceaseds medical expenses. Reversed.

  • In Re R.L.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 17-1688

    Trial court erred in accepting fathers oral revocation of his consent to adoption and relinquishment of parental rights because fathers oral revocation occurred 72 days after he executed his petition and 23 Pa.C.S.§2711(c) was unambiguous that consent to adoption was irrevocable after 30 days. Order vacated.

  • E.A.M. v. A.M.D. III

    Publication Date: 2017-11-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 17-1685

    Petitioners seeking protection order under Protection of Victims of Sexual Violence or Intimidation Act were not required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they were victims of sexual violence. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Rodriguez

    Publication Date: 2017-11-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 17-1682

    Trial court erred in failing to hold an evidentiary hearing on criminal defendants motion for return of seized property. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2017-11-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 17-1676

    While the statute prohibiting possession of a firearm with an altered serial number does not specify the degree of culpability required to sustain a conviction, §302 of the Crimes Code required the prosecution to prove that defendant acted intentionally, knowingly or recklessly regarding the obliterated number and the commonwealth satisfied that burden. The court affirmed defendants judgment of sentence.

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  • Commonwealth v. Morrison

    Publication Date: 2017-11-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Strassburger
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    Case Number: 17-1679

    Neither of the issues defendant raised on appeal challenging his sentence had merit and appointed counsel failed to follow the proper procedure, as set forth in Anders v. California, by including the frivolous issues in defendants brief on appeal. The court affirmed defendants judgment of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. N.M.C.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Moulton
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    Case Number: 17-1024

    Addressing an issue of first impression, the court found that defendants videotaping of a fight between two fellow middle school students and dissemination of that video to two other students did not create a hazardous or physically offensive condition within the meaning of the disorderly conduct statute at 18 Pa.C.S. §5503. The appellate court vacated defendants judgment of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Parker

    Publication Date: 2017-11-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Gantman
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    Case Number: 17-1681

    Criminal defendant could not file an interlocutory appeal from the trial courts denial of his motion for production of the complainants medical records, where denial of immediate review would not prejudice defendants ability to seek review of the denial on direct appeal following any conviction. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. McClure

    Publication Date: 2017-11-14
    Practice Area: Discovery | Judges
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Solano
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    Case Number: 17-1023

    The trial court did not err in denying a retired judges motion to quash a subpoena seeking his testimony and records regarding alleged ex parte communications with prosecuting attorneys during defendants trial since the judicial deliberative process privilege did not extend to alleged ex parte communications which may have tainted defendants trial. The court affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Kurtz

    Publication Date: 2017-11-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Ransom
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    Case Number: 17-1024

    The court declined to adopt a good faith exception to the exclusionary rule applicable to blood draw evidence after the U.S. Supreme Courts decision in Birchfield v. North Dakota, as such an exception would frustrate the privacy guarantees of the Article 1, §8 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. The court affirmed an order granting defendants motion to suppress blood draw evidence.