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  • Commonwealth v. Barbour

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 18-0880

    The appellate court erred in finding that defendant waived his rights under rule 600 since the waiver rule set forth in Commonwealth v. Steltz is narrow in scope.. The high court reversed the appellate court's decision.

  • Commonwealth v. Small

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
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    Case Number: 18-0884

    New trial could be granted where more detailed account of alternative suspect's confession was not cumulative or corroborative of the defense's trial theory. Order of the Superior Court reversed, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Chambers

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 18-0878

    The high court did not address the difficult issue of whether criminal convictions can rest upon a theory of conspiratorial liability. The high court reversed and remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. UPMC

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care | Non-Profit
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 18-0886

    Commonwealth court erred in ordering renewal of Medical Advantage provider agreements pursuant to consent decree. Order of the commonwealth court reversed.

  • Dep't of Labor and Industry v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Bd.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-17
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 18-0837

    Commonwealth court properly held that claimant, injured while remodeling a restaurant that had not yet opened for business, was not covered by the CWMA because the CWMA referred to individuals who worked for a business entity that performed construction services and was inapplicable when the putative employer was not in the business of construction. Affirmed.

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  • Walters v. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside

    Publication Date: 2018-07-10
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 18-0770

    Superior court erred in imposing a duty on staffing agency but correctly imposed duty on hospital, in negligence action brought by patients infected with hepatitis C by technician's theft of a controlled substance, refiling the syringes with saline and placing the contaminated syringes where they could be used to infect patients, because the CSA imposed a duty on hospital but not on agency to report the thefts to the DEA. Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

  • Hanrahan v. Bakker

    Publication Date: 2018-07-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Baer
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    Case Number: 18-0767

    Courts obligated to consider reasonable needs of children in determining support obligations in high-income cases. Order of the superior court vacated, case remanded.

  • Whitmoyer v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Bd.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-10
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
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    Case Number: 18-0768

    Commonwealth Court erred in its interpretation of §319 because the term "installments of compensation" was clear and unambiguous and did not refer to medical expenses and an employer could not seek reimbursement for future medical expenses from the employee's balance of recovery. Reversed.

  • Varner v. Swatara Twp. Bd. of Comm'rs

    Publication Date: 2018-06-19
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
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    Case Number: 18-0704

    Pursuant to §401 of the First Class Township Code, the Swatara Township Board of Commissioners was required to obtain judicial approval before changing from an at-large system to a by-ward system of governance. The high court affirmed the appellate court's decision.

  • Bayview Laon Servicing, LLC v. Lindsay

    Publication Date: 2018-06-19
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
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    Case Number: 18-0699

    Defendant debtor was not entitled to attorney fees under §503(a) of the Loan Interest and Protection Law, or Act 6, since pleading a violation of §403(a)'s notice requirements as an affirmative defense in a residential foreclosure action neither constitutes an "action" arising under Act 6 nor transforms a foreclosure suit into such an "action." The high court affirmed an order denying defendant attorney fees.