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  • In the Interest of: A.D.-G.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 21-1094

    While §6302(1) of the Juvenile Act does not mention sexually violent predator status as a relevant factor in determining whether a child is dependent, the juvenile court did not err in considering father's SVP status since the legislature drafted §6302(1) to encompass the many circumstances that may cause a child to be without proper parental care or control. The superior court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Campbell

    Publication Date: 2021-06-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 21-0726

    Appellant appealed his conviction for terroristic threats and court found his statement was not mere transitory anger where appellant assaulted victim, threatened to "finish" him, left and returned with a weapon and assaulted victim again. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Wiggins

    Publication Date: 2021-04-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 21-0397

    Post Conviction Relief Act petition properly denied where defendant failed to assert facts giving rise to a colorable claim that his Rule 600 rights had been violated. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Lopez

    Publication Date: 2021-04-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 21-0363

    Trial court was not obligated to conduct ability-to-pay hearing unless a defendant was facing the prospect of incarceration for defaulting on payment of mandatory court costs. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Spencer v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2021-03-29
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 21-0344

    Trial court erred in failing to grant plaintiff's motion to mold the verdict, in his automobile accident case, pursuant to the fair share act since jury's general verdict warranted a finding that employer car owner was vicariously liable for employee's negligence and joint and several liability applied. Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

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  • In the Interest of: J.B.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 21-0275

    Trial court erred in discharging dependency petition and transferring full custody to non-custodial parent without first holding evidentiary hearing to determine that prior custodial parent was unable to care for child. Order of the trial court vacated, case remanded.

  • Witherspoon v. McDowell-Wright

    Publication Date: 2020-11-09
    Practice Area: Damages
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 20-1218

    Trial court properly awarded appellant $7,500 for value of tools in a conversion action and trial court did not depreciate the value of the tools simply because they were used for a hobby in its decision finding appellant's valuation of the tools was not credible. Affirmed.

  • A.L.B. v. M.D.L.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-21
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 20-1024

    The trial court properly addressed all relevant factors in concluding that a drastic change to custody was warranted given father's efforts to alienate his children from mother, and there was no evidence that the trial court asked the guardian ad litem for advice on how to rule on any evidentiary questions. The superior court affirmed the trial court's custody order.

  • Commonwealth v. Wilson

    Publication Date: 2020-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 20-0965

    Trial court erred in denying motion to suppress evidence where police lacked reasonable suspicion to effect traffic stop where defendant was not violating restrictions on use of limited access highways as he was in the left lane passing a vehicle and traveling faster than the rate of traffic in the right lane. Judgment of sentence reversed.

  • B.R.S. v. J.L.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-17
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 20-0876

    The superior court construed the phrase "person related by affinity" in the Protection from Abuse Act to include all definitions of a brother-in-law or sister-in-law and, thus, found that the trial court erred in finding that petitioner lacked standing to seek a protection from abuse order against his sister-in-law's husband. The appellate court reversed and remanded.