• Commonwealth v. Boyd

    Publication Date: 2024-08-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Colins
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    Case Number: 2863 EDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence entered on his bench trial conviction for indecent exposure and open lewdness. The court affirmed, holding that a complainant's trial testimony regarding appellant's conduct in exposing himself and masturbating on a public train was more than sufficient evidence to sustain appellant's convictions.

  • Vivian v. Blank, Rome, LLP

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Colins
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    Case Number: 1406 EDA 2023

    The court affirmed the trial court's order granting defendants' motion for summary judgment and dismissing plaintiff's claims of defamation, false light invasion of privacy, and abuse of process.

  • Commonwealth v. Duncan

    Publication Date: 2024-05-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Colins
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    Case Number: 1103 EDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence on her bench trial conviction for driving under the combined influence of alcohol and a drug or drug combination. The court vacated appellant's conviction, holding that evidence was insufficient to support appellant's conviction where a police officer merely saw a "wet" cigarette in appellant's vehicle during an encounter in an area known for drug trafficking.

  • Richmond Waterfront Indus. Park. LLC v. Philadelphia Belt Line R.R. Co.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-12
    Practice Area: Transportation
    Industry: Real Estate | Transportation
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Colins
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    Case Number: 1172 EDA 2023

    Trial court properly concluded it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over action seeking an adjudication that railroad's tracks on plaintiff's property had been abandoned because Surface Transportation Board had held that railroad was a rail carrier and its railroad tracks on the plaintiff's property were within the exclusive jurisdiction of the STB. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Umoh

    Publication Date: 2024-03-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Colins
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    Case Number: 1464 WDA 2022

    Court could impose direct criminal contempt against criminal defendant who displayed emotional outburst after the reading of the verdict in defiance of the court's express instruction to maintain decorum, where such behavior in open court could undermine the court's authority. Judgment of sentence affirmed, case remanded for correction of clerical error.

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  • N.T. v. The Children's Hosp. of Philadelphia

    Publication Date: 2024-02-16
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Colins
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    Case Number: 3015 EDA 2022

    Trial court correctly dismissed medical malpractice action on grounds of judicial estoppel where theory of liability in present case was incompatible and unreconciled with plaintiff's theory of liability in parallel action. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Watchworld Worldwide v. Erie Ins. Exch.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Non-Profit
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Colins
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    Case Number: 1221 WDA 2022

    Trial court erred in finding for plaintiff in action over insurance coverage for electronic data deleted from a third party's computer and court found that while the term "your computers" was ambiguous and had to be construed in favor of plaintiff, there was no evidence to show the cost of replacing the data exceeded the policy deductible and defendant had a reasonable basis, as a matter of law, for denying the claim. Vacated.

  • Commonwealth v. Weitzel

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Colins
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    Case Number: 555 MDA 2023

    Court rejected challenges to weight and sufficiency of evidence supporting domestic violence conviction where evidence showed that defendant placed his hands around the victim's throat with enough force to leave temporary marks and impede her breathing.

  • Commonwealth v. Patterson

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Colins
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    Case Number: 376 MDA 2023

    Police could lawfully effect detention by stopping behind vehicle that was partially blocking lane of highway under community caretaking doctrine, as the police cruiser could reduce the risk of a collision and the officers had a reasonable basis to conduct a welfare check to see if the vehicle was disabled or the driver was in distress. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Powanda

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Colins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 559 MDA 2023

    Evidence was sufficient to support conviction for defiant trespass where defendant knew he was not permitted to reenter retail store yet did so anyway, barring application of statutory defense to conviction. Judgment of sentence affirmed.