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  • Walsh v. BASF Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-10
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
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    Case Number: 20-0859

    Superior court properly reversed trial court's grant of pesticide manufacturers' Frye motion in product liability action because trial court abused its discretion by reviewing the scientific literature at a granular level to make its own judgments about which studies relied on by plaintiff's experts were scientifically acceptable. Affirmed.

  • Lowman v. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Review

    Publication Date: 2020-08-10
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government | Transportation
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
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    Case Number: 20-0855

    Driving for Uber did not meet "control" and "independence" tests and thus people who drove for Uber after being terminated from regular employment were still eligible for unemployment compensation benefits. Order of the commonwealth court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. King

    Publication Date: 2020-08-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
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    Case Number: 20-0812

    Where defendant entered into one agreement with his co-conspirator to commit murder, and failed in his attempt to murder the victim, who survived a shooting, he could not be sentenced to serve separate terms for the inchoate crimes of conspiracy and attempt. The high court vacated and remanded.

  • N. Berks Reg'l Police Comm'm v. Berk County Fraternal Order of Police

    Publication Date: 2020-06-08
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
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    Case Number: 20-0573

    The lower courts erred in overturning an arbitration award reinstating a police officer who was disciplined for unauthorized access to protected information since the arbitrator did not exceed his powers so as to create a basis for the vacation of the award under the narrow certiorari standard of review. The high court reversed for reinstatement of the arbitration award.

  • Commonwealth v. Tedford

    Publication Date: 2020-05-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
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    Case Number: 20-0456

    PCRA petition based on failure to disclose entire investigatory denied where petition was not field within 60 days of the police's disclosure of the existence of additional investigatory materials. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

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  • Friends of Danny DeVito v. Wolf

    Publication Date: 2020-04-27
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
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    Case Number: 20-0430

    Governor had authority under Emergency Code and police powers to order closure of non-essential businesses to prevent spread of highly transmissible and potentially fatal virus. Petition denied.

  • Commonwealth v. Diaz

    Publication Date: 2020-04-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
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    Case Number: 20-0385

    Where the absence of a needed interpreter at a critical stage of defendant's trial obstructed his ability to communicate with counsel, the U.S. Supreme Court's holding in U.S. v. Cronic applied such that defendant did not need to prove he was prejudiced by a sixth amendment violation to secure a new trial. The high court affirmed.

  • Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Baldwin

    Publication Date: 2020-03-02
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Education | Legal Services
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
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    Case Number: 20-0237

    Court agreed with disciplinary board that respondent attorney violated rules of professional conduct 1.1, 1.6(a), 1.7(a) and 8.4(d) but imposed public reprimand rather than public censure board recommended. Discipline imposed.

  • Young v. Bd. of Probation & Parole

    Publication Date: 2020-03-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
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    Case Number: 20-0236

    Commonwealth court properly held that board lacked the authority to reverse a previous award of street time granted pursuant to 61 Pa.C.S. 6138(a)(2.1). Affirmed.

  • Thompson v. Thompson

    Publication Date: 2020-02-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
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    Case Number: 20-0137

    Superior court properly found that trial court's order imposing a suspended sentence for civil contempt of a child support order was illegal because suspended sentences were not statutorily authorized under 23 Pa.C.S. §4345 as punishment for non-compliance with a child support order and were illegal. Affirmed.