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  • In the Interest of L.W.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-03
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 21-1507

    Mother challenged the termination of her parental rights to her three children and court found trial court applied the correct analysis, record supported trial court's decision and court deferred to trial court's credibility determination. Affirmed.

  • Kramer v. Nationwide Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-12-20
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 21-1468

    Trial court properly found homeowners' insurer had a duty to defend parents in a wrongful death and survival action brought against them after their son gave a party and party attendee died of a drug overdose because the controlled substance exclusion in the policy did not apply since the damages sought in the underlying action did not fall under the ambit of the policy's "bodily injury" definition. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Howell

    Publication Date: 2021-12-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 21-1467

    Two-year mandatory minimum sentence for bringing contraband into a prison was not arbitrary or grossly disproportionate to the offense, as the legislature expressly rejected the lower sentence under the guidelines by enacting the mandatory minimum statute in response to the problem of drugs and other contraband being smuggled into prisons. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Nicholson

    Publication Date: 2021-10-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 21-1178

    Evidence properly suppressed where there was insufficient probable cause to support a search warrant as there were no facts indicating that it was more likely than not that contraband would be found in defendant's home as opposed to other locations. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Gill

    Publication Date: 2021-09-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 21-1016

    New case law was procedural in nature and therefore did not apply retroactively where it merely changed the grading of a criminal offense, rather than decriminalizing certain behaviors. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

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  • Commonwealth v. Zack

    Publication Date: 2021-09-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 21-1022

    Counseling requirements under SORNA could be constitutionally retroactively applied to sex offender since SORNA requirements had been held not to constitute criminal punishment. Order of the PCRA court affirmed in part and reversed in part.

  • Gleason v. Alfred I. DuPont Hosp. for Children

    Publication Date: 2021-08-23
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 21-0960

    Workers' compensation insurer could intervene in injured worker's third-party tort action to challenge a personal injury settlement that the insurer claimed was designed to shield the settlement proceeds from the insurer's lien. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • In the Interest of: A.M.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-19
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 21-0822

    Trial court properly terminated parent's rights where child remained in foster care for at least 33 months and parent had no contact with child for at least six months prior to the termination hearing. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Alexander

    Publication Date: 2021-07-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 21-0793

    Because "material" excluded private speech between consenting adults, sexually explicit text messages between adults could not support a conviction for obscenity. Judgment of sentence vacated.

  • In re: Estate of Schwotzer

    Publication Date: 2021-06-21
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 21-0705

    Shareholder agreement that was explicitly binding on the assigns of the signatories to the agreement meant that shareholder who was assigned shares from one of the signatories was required to assent to a revocation of the shareholder agreement. Judgment of the trial court affirmed in part and reversed in part.