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  • Commonwealth v. Crawford

    Publication Date: 2021-04-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 21-0449

    Defendant did not preserve his challenge to the discretionary aspects of sentencing where his statement on appeal, which raised a prison condition issue that would be properly addressed to the Department of Corrections, failed to raise a substantial issue. The superior court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • DeAngelis v. Penn Cent. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-26
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 21-0456

    Court dismissed Federal Employers' Liability Act case on forum non conveniens grounds where worksite and potential witnesses were located outside of the state, providing "weighty reasons" to exercise discretion to dismiss the case. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Stevens v. Penn Cent. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-26
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 21-0463

    Trial court properly dismissed appellant's action asserting workplace exposure to chemicals caused him to develop cancer because trial court correctly weighed the private and public factors and used the correct evidentiary burden where appellant worked at a job site in New York, the majority of the witnesses resided in New York and appellees argued a visit to the job site would be essential during trial. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2021-04-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 21-0450

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in imposing a sentence in the aggravated range of the sentencing guidelines where the record made clear that the court considered defendant's extensive past criminal conduct, his rehabilitative needs and the gravity of his offenses. The superior court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Burnett v. Penn Cent. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-26
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 21-0451

    The trial court did not err in granting defendants' motion to dismiss based on the doctrine of forum non conveniens as the court properly weighed the public and private factors in determining if there were weighty reasons to overcome plaintiff's choice of forum. The superior court affirmed.

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  • Commonwealth v. Vinson

    Publication Date: 2021-04-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 21-0454

    Pro se post-sentence motions filed by represented defendant did not toll the time for direct appeal, rendering notice of appeal untimely and thereby rendering subsequent PCRA petition untimely. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

  • Hurt v. Penn Cent. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-26
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 21-0452

    Greater number of witnesses residing outside the jurisdiction, plus the need to possibly conduct site viewings, along with other private and public factors supported trial court's exercise of discretion to dismiss on forum non conveniens grounds. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Shreffler

    Publication Date: 2021-04-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 21-0421

    Defendant waived his arguments regarding the trial court's alleged abused of discretion in allowing the jury to review a written transcript of tape-recorded conversations between him and a confidential informant where he failed to raise such challenges in his rule 1925(b) statement in support of appeal. The appellate court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Dirosa

    Publication Date: 2021-04-19
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 21-0418

    The prosecution produced sufficient evidence from which the trial court could infer that defendant was in actual physical control of the movement of his motor vehicle where the arresting officers found him parked outside a convenience store and slumped over in the driver's seat with the engine running and no one else in the car. The appellate court affirmed.

  • K.B. v. M.F.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 21-0307

    Trial court abused discretion in adopting hearing officer's report recommending granting grandparent supervised physical custody where hearing officer failed to address statutory custody factors and denied parent's request to have children testify as to their wishes regarding grandparent's request. Order of the trial court vacated, case remanded.