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  • DiDonato v. Ski Shawnee, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-09
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Education | Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge King
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    Case Number: 20-1212

    Defendants waived arbitration by failing to produce the purported arbitration agreement and instead engaging in a year of venue-related litigation before ultimately filing preliminary objections to compel arbitration, demonstrating an intentional engagement with the judicial process rather than an effort to seek arbitration. Order of the trial court affirmed in part and reversed in part, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Manzano

    Publication Date: 2020-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge King
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    Case Number: 20-0966

    SVP designation and registration provisions applicable to SVPs were not unconstitutional given the heightened public safety concerns regarding SVPs whose mental or personality abnormalities made them more likely to commit predatory sexual offenses. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Duncan

    Publication Date: 2020-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge King
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    Case Number: 20-0964

    Petition challenging the constitutionality of sex offender registration requirements under ex post facto rules was erroneously construed by the trial court as a PCRA petition, where sex offender registration challenges were not cognizable under the PCRA and petitioner had already completed his sentence of imprisonment and was therefore eligible for PCRA relief. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • Szwerc v. Lehigh Valley Health Network, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-27
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge King
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    Case Number: 20-0796

    Appellant appealed the denial of his post-appeal motion for attorney fees incurred in the appeal and collection of judgment in his breach of employment contract action under the Wage Payment and Collection Law and court found trial court correctly concluded it lacked jurisdiction to consider appellant's untimely motion. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Snook

    Publication Date: 2020-03-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge King
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    Case Number: 20-0307

    Defendant's original judgment of sentence no longer stood when he filed his current petition for relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act; therefore, his current PCRA petition was the first PCRA petition from the latest judgment of sentence which was also timely. The appellate court affirmed in part, vacated in part and remanded.