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  • Commonwealth v. Weeden

    Publication Date: 2021-06-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Electronics
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 21-0641

    Automatically generated report from gunshot detection system was properly admitted where, as a computer-generated report, there were no hearsay or Confrontation Clause issues. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Barber v. Stanko

    Publication Date: 2021-05-31
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 21-0591

    Contrary to appellants' assertions, the lower court orders at issue served as stays to enforce a substantive settlement approval order on behalf of a minor plaintiff until the merits could be addressed, not final appealable orders. The court quashed the appeals at bar.

  • Commonwealth v. Crawford

    Publication Date: 2021-05-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 21-0596

    Statute prohibiting misrepresenting veteran status for material gain was not unconstitutionally vague as persons would understand veteran status, and the prohibition did not violate First Amendment protections by specifically limiting the proscriptions to misrepresentations intended to secure a material gain. Judgment of sentence affirmed in part and reversed in part, case remanded.

  • Sullivan v. Werner Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-26
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Manufacturing | Retail
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 21-0465

    Manufacturer challenged jury's strict liability award to plaintiff after scaffold collapsed under him and court found trial court properly precluded evidence of industry and government standards, properly barred manufacturer from arguing plaintiff's negligence caused the accident and properly allowed plaintiff's expert's opinion testimony. Affirmed.

  • Failor v. FedEx Ground Package Sys., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-29
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 21-0332

    Trial court erred in weighing two cities as more convenient forums for plaintiffs' action rather than evaluating the state of Pennsylvania versus the other state with an interest in the action, Maryland. Order of the trial court vacated, case remanded.

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  • Metro Real Estate Inv., LLC v. Siaway

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 21-0283

    Court of common pleas erred in denying defendant's motion for restitution of funds seized on a writ of attachment after the money judgment was subsequently reversed and vacated on appeal because without restitution plaintiff would be enriched without a valid legal basis. Reversed.

  • Reitz v. Flower

    Publication Date: 2021-02-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 21-0136

    Trial court erred in finding appellant in contempt for violating a protection from abuse order by contacting his former spouse through Facebook because the alleged improper conduct in the complaint was strictly limited to his possession of a firearm. Order vacated.

  • Commonwealth v. Little

    Publication Date: 2021-02-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 21-0099

    Trial counsel was ineffective in failing to preserve for appeal the trial court's denial of a line of questioning designed to show that a defense witness was in fact testifying against his own interests in admitting to being the sole shooter of the victim. Order of the PCRA court reversed in part and affirmed in part, case remanded.

  • Khalil v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2021-01-18
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 21-0045

    Trial court did not err in dismissing appellant's legal malpractice counts based on Muhammad v. Strassburger, McKenna, Messe, Shilobod & Gutnik, 587 A. 2d 1346, but appellant's allegations of fraud against her former attorneys over the signing of a release had not been litigated and were not estopped. Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

  • Braswell v. Wollard

    Publication Date: 2020-12-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 20-1372

    Trial court erred in granting summary judgment against plaintiff's false arrest/false imprisonment/malicious prosecution claims where evidence supported finding that defendants knowingly provided a false report to police that resulted in plaintiff's arrest and prosecution. Order of the trial court affirmed in part and reversed in part.