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  • In re Risperdal Litig.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-28
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Evidence | Products Liability
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1750

    Trial court erred in permitting fact witness to offer opinion without determining whether witness qualified as expert, where testimony offered sole alternative explanation for plaintiffs injury. Judgment reversed, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. McCullough

    Publication Date: 2017-11-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1110

    The trial court did not err in removing defendant from the sexual offender registry pursuant to the holding in Commonwealth v. Muniz, which overruled Commonwealth v. Demora and held that the Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act was an unconstitutional ex post facto law when applied retroactively to sexual offenders convicted of applicable crimes before the acts effective date. The court affirmed the trial courts order.