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  • 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.

  • 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.

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  • 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.

  • Commonwealth v. Hudson-Greenly

    Publication Date: 2021-03-08
    Practice Area: Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 21-0244

    The trial court properly allowed the minor victim to testify by a contemporaneous alternative method where the victim's testimony, coupled with the trial court's observations, supported a finding that defendant's presence would have caused the victim serious emotional distress and impaired her ability to communicate in the courtroom. The superior court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Sami

    Publication Date: 2021-01-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 21-0009

    Prior bad acts evidence of drug use properly excluded from evidence where commonwealth failed to present evidence defendant had ingested drugs prior to or was under the influence of drugs at the time of the offense. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Leone

    Publication Date: 2021-01-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 20-1432

    Where supreme court held that sexually violent predator designation did not constitute criminal punishment, appellant, who had committed underlying criminal conduct prior to the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act's effective date, could not challenge the imposition of SVP designation following his conviction. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Donoughe

    Publication Date: 2021-01-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 20-1434

    Pretrial motion to dismiss charges due to law enforcement's destruction of dashcam footage of defendant's traffic stop was denied where, because such evidence could only be deemed potentially useful, defendant had failed to show the footage was deleted or destroyed by commonwealth in bad faith. Judgment of sentence affirmed.