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  • Martin v. Martin

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 1495 WDA 2022

    Trial court erred in reducing spouse's equitable distribution of ex's military pension where spouse's distributed share of the marital portion of the pension would still be less than the 50 percent limit on distributions to divorced spouses. Decree of the trial court affirmed in part and vacated and remanded in part.

  • FedEx Corp. Servs., Inc. v. Costume Gallery, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Cargo and Shipping | Manufacturing
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 1585 EDA 2023

    Parties claiming ownership of levied property had standing to file a petition to set aside based on an untimely levy following issuance of the writ off execution. Order of the trial court vacated.

  • Commonwealth v. Frye

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Sullivan
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    Case Number: 140 EDA 2023

    Trial court erred in finding insufficient evidence to establish mens rea for third-degree murder based on a "single punch," given the victim's incapacitation due to alcohol intoxication and defendant's unprovoked punch, failure to render aid, and attempt to cover up the facts. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Miller

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Lazarus
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    Case Number: 30 WDM 2024

    Court of Common Pleas did not abuse discretion in revoking bail based on information about the alleged offenses that indicated defendant's mental health status made him a threat to public safety. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Mazzarese v. Mazzarese

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Sullivan
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    Case Number: 428 WDA 2023

    Court affirmed trial court's order denying appellant's demand that the incomes of her children's maternal grandparents be included in the calculation of her child support obligations.

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  • Commonwealth v. Ghebremichael

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 915 MDA 2023

    Burden of reengaging witnesses following the grant of defendant's motion to withdraw guilty pleas was not sufficient to substantially handicap the commonwealth's prosecution to allow it to appeal the withdrawal as of right. Appeal quashed.

  • In the Interest of: K.C.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 100 MDA 2024

    Court found no abuse of discretion in changing primary goal to adoption and moving reunification to a concurrent goal given mother's lack of progress in remedying conditions to permit increased visitation or less supervision and child's need for permanency. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Asumana v. Asumana

    Publication Date: 2024-07-19
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 2019 EDA 2023

    Appellant husband appealed the trial court's divorce decree, arguing that the trial court erred in denying his petition to declare his marriage with appellee wife to be void or voidable. The court affirmed, holding that the trial court did not err in concluding that the parties ratified their premature marriage by participating in a second marriage ceremony after expiration of the three-day waiting period for their marriage license to become valid.

  • In re: C.A.J.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-19
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 942 EDA 2023

    Incapacitated mother's daughter appealed the county orphans' court's decree finding mother incapacitated and appointing daughter's siblings as guardians of mother's person. The court affirmed, concluding the orphans' court acted within its discretion in light of evidence of mother's preference and the personal care provided to mother by daughter's siblings.

  • Mut. Benefit Ins. Co. v. Koser

    Publication Date: 2024-07-19
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Insurance | Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
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    Case Number: 1340 MDA 2022

    Tenants qualified as co-insureds immune from subrogation claim where they had a reasonable expectation that landlord would obtain fire insurance for the leased premises and would look to that insurance for compensation for fire loss as lease made landlord responsible for insuring his interests. Judgment of the trial court affirmed.