• Commonwealth v. Marshall

    Publication Date: 2020-03-23
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0308

    The lower court's denial of the Defender Association of Philadelphia's motions to withdraw was contrary to the state high court's mandate that an advocate for an indigent party must have the time, resources and skill to adequately represent an indigent party to guarantee his or her constitutional right to counsel. The superior court reversed and remanded.

  • In re M.B.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-24
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0201

    State police appealed trial court's expungement of petitioner's §302 commitment, finding the §303 commitment was "entirely invalid" and granting relief from the firearm disability and court found trial court used the wrong standard of proof in expunging the §302 commitment, it was manifestly unreasonable to find the §303 certification pertained to another individual and trial court lacked authority to find that certification "invalid." Vacated in part.

  • Lynn v. Aria Health Sys.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-03
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0111

    Trial court erred in granting plaintiff's motion to reinstate its third amended complaint because trial court did not have subject matter jurisdiction to consider anything that was filed at the original 2009 state court docket as that action was removed to federal court and never remanded. Order vacated.

  • Linde v. Linde

    Publication Date: 2019-11-18
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-1366

    Trial court erred when it ordered appellants to respond to appellee's discovery in aid of execution requests during the pendency of the stay of execution since appellants' supersedeas bond triggered a stay of execution on the judgment. Vacated.

  • Linde v. Linde

    Publication Date: 2019-10-21
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-1241

    Trial court properly found in favor of appellee and awarded damages in her action asserting breach of fiduciary duty and civil conspiracy in majority shareholder's squeezing her out of closely held corporation because evidence supported trial court's finding that majority shareholder and key employees acted with animus in intentionally and systematically squeezing-out appellee and breached their fiduciary duty to her. Affirmed.

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  • Commonwealth v. Bernard

    Publication Date: 2019-09-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 19-1111

    The trial court imposed upon defendant an illegal sentence for criminal attempt to deliver a controlled substance and possession with intent to deliver since the sentences should have merged because the crimes arose from the same criminal episode and one of the crimes was a lesser-included offense. The appellate court affirmed defendant's conviction but vacated his sentence and remanded for resentencing.

  • In re Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights, J.R.E.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-1080

    Trial court erred in terminating mother's parental rights because trial court made no effort to examine mother's explanation for her conduct and did not properly weigh father's lack of cooperation or reasonable accommodation in mother's efforts to maintain contact. In the circumstances of this case in which child believed stepmother was his biological mother, permanently severing mother's bond to perpetuate a relationship built on a misrepresentation did not clearly serve the long-term well-being and emotional interests of the child.

  • Commonwealth v. Kiley

    Publication Date: 2019-08-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-0988

    Since the offense of manufacturing a controlled substance contains all the elements of the offense of operating a methamphetamine laboratory, the two offenses merge for sentencing purposes and, therefore, defendant was subjected to an illegal sentence under the merger doctrine. The appellate court vacated defendant's judgment of sentence and remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Krenzel

    Publication Date: 2019-06-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-0641

    Where the arresting officer did not inform defendant of her right to refuse chemical testing and the consequences arising therefrom, as he was statutorily obligated to do, defendant did not make a knowing and conscious choice of whether to submit to a blood draw. The appellate court vacated defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • In re: deLevie

    Publication Date: 2019-03-04
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-0232

    Trial court could permanently remove health care power of attorney upon sufficient showing that health care agent was not acting in principal's best interest with respect to the principal's medical care. Order of the trial court affirmed.