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  • Buttaccio v. American Premier Underwriters, Inc. et al

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Litigation | Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Fitzgerald
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1804

    Defendants were entitled to a new trial where plaintiffs counsel made repeated reference to the amount of manpower provided at plaintiffs workplace prior to his injuries in violation of a court order and made an irrelevant and prejudicial reference to the deaths of two fellow railroad carmen during plaintiffs trial. The court reversed an order denying defendants a new trial and remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Ford

    Publication Date: 2017-12-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Fitzgerald
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1762

    The appellate court agreed with defendants position that 18 Pa.C.S. §6110.2(a) does not criminalize possession of a firearm whose serial numbers are obscured by natural corrosion, as opposed to human hands. The court affirmed defendants judgment of sentence reversed in part.

  • Commonwealth v. Kunco

    Publication Date: 2017-11-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Fitzgerald
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1704

    PCRA court properly ordered new DNA testing where prior DNA testing of other crime scene items excluded defendant as contributor to DNA and where other physical forensic evidence was now questionable. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.