Filter This View

  • City of Lancaster v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Public Utilities
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Brobson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 107 MAP 2022

    Public Utility Commission regulations concerning the placement of gas meters in historic districts did not constitute unconstitutional delegation of legislative/regulatory authority to public utilities where the legislature had never passed a law mandating the placement of meters, which had traditionally been left to the discretion of the utilities. Order of the commonwealth court reversed, case remanded.

  • Ferraro v. Patterson-Erie Corp.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 1 WAP 2023

    Making only one attempt to serve process after filing a complaint and waiting eight months to effect service, after the limitations period would have expired, did not constitute good faith diligence at timely serving process. Order of the superior court reversed.

  • Kramer v. Nationwide Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 103 MAP 2022

    In a case arising from the death of a youth from an overdose of illegal drugs in the home of appellants, the court reversed a ruling of the Superior Court that emotional distress damages were covered under an insurance policy providing liability coverage for bodily injury when the policy excluded emotional distress from its definition of bodily injury.

  • Commonwealth v. Drayton

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McCaffery
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 83 MAP 2023

    Appellant appealed the Superior Court's order affirming the post conviction review court's denial of his petition for post conviction relief. The court held that appellant's trial attorney did not render per se ineffective assistance by failing to object when the trial court provided the jury with written instructions not specifically authorized under Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 646.

  • In re Trust B Under Agreement of Wells

    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Education
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 5 WAP 2023

    Charitable foundation appealed the denial of its motion to terminate a trust and court found orphans' court acted within the discretion afforded it by 20 Pa.C.S. §7740.3(e) and foundation failed to satisfy the high standard for termination in §7740.3(e). Affirmed.

  • Law Journal Press | Digital Book

    New Jersey Estate Litigation 2014

    Authors: Michael R. Griffinger, Paul F. Cullum III

    View this Book

    View more book results for the query "*"

  • Pennsylvania State Educ. Ass'n v. Pub. Sch. Employees' Ret. Bd.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 90 MAP 2022

    Associations of teacher's unions had associational standing to challenge Public School Employees' Retirement Board's resolution that created confusion over the applicability of the withdrawal liability statute in specific circumstances. Order of the commonwealth court reversed, case remanded.

  • In the Interest of T.Q.B.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 71 MAP 2023

    Appellant appealed her adjudication as delinquent for posting an Instagram live video of another child's under breast and court found 18 Pa.C.S. §6321(g) did not require exposure of the nipple to meet the definition of "nudity." Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Lehman

    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Brobson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 41 WAP 2022

    Parolee residing in community correctional facility as a condition of parole was "committed to" the facility and thus qualified as an "inmate" under the second-degree drug possession statute. Order of the superior court reversed.

  • In the Interest of: N.E.M.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 8 EAP 2023

    Juveniles adjudicated delinquent and ordered to out-of-home placement could seek expedited review of their placement as of right, with the superior court not having the discretion to deny review. Order of the superior court reversed.

  • Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Ass'n, Inc. v. Campbell

    Publication Date: 2024-03-15
    Practice Area: Public Records
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Non-Profit | State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 71 MAP 2022

    Appellant Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association sought review of the Commonwealth Court's judgment affirming a decision of the Office of Open Records that deemed appellant subject to the Right-to-Know Law. The court affirmed.