• DiNardo v. Kohler

    Publication Date: 2023-12-11
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    Case Number: 22 EAP 2022

    No felony conviction recovery rule barred mental health patient from seeking indemnification and damages arising from the patient's intentional murders. Order of the superior court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Weeden

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    Case Number: 19 WAP 2022

    Summary document created by ShotSpotter testimony was nontestimonial in nature because its primary purpose was to assist law enforcement with responding to a potential ongoing emergency rather than to document past events for criminal prosecution, and thus the summary's admission did not violate defendant's Confrontation Clause rights. Order of the superior court affirmed.

  • Weeks v. Dep't of Human Serv.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Legislation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    Case Number: 22 EAP 2021

    Act 12 of 2019 did not violate the legislative enactment requirements under Article III of the Pennsylvania Constitution where the bill's provisions were related to the single subject of benefits for low-income individuals and the bill's initial purpose of eliminating the commonwealth's cash assistance program in favor of health-related benefits. Order of the commonwealth court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. McGee

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    Case Number: 17 WAP 2022

    Appellant appealed the Superior Court's holding that a trial court lacked jurisdiction to correct a patent and obvious error in a sentencing order where the defendant's request for correction fell outside the time limits of the Post Conviction Relief Act. The court held that it was unnecessary to reach that issue where there was no patent and obvious sentencing error in the first instance.

  • Brown v. City of Oil City

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Construction | State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    Case Number: 6 WAP 2022

    Contractor could be held liable for poor workmanship that caused a dangerous or defective condition of property, even though the contractor no longer had possession of the property, the dangerous condition was known to the property owner, and the hazard was open and obvious to third parties. Order of the commonwealth court affirmed.

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  • United States v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2023-03-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    Case Number: 5 EAP 2022

    Court responded to a certified question from the third circuit and held that the use or attempted use of physical force was not an element of the crime of aggravated assault under 18 Pa.C.S. §2702(a)(1). Question answered.

  • Commonwealth v. Wallace

    Publication Date: 2023-03-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    Case Number: 93 MAP 2021

    Jamal Wallace appealed the superior court's order affirming appellant's judgment of sentence for aggravated assault, criminal conspiracy, and carrying a firearm without a license. Appellant's conviction arose from the shooting of Kamaal Dutton. As part of the investigation, police discovered that several businesses near the location of the shooting had exterior surveillance cameras. Investigators recovered surveillance footage that depicted two adults later identified as appellant and Mason Clary in the area in the hours leading up to

  • O'Neill v. State Employees Ret. Sys.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-12
    Practice Area: Labor Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    Case Number: 22-1024

    Commonwealth Court erred in forfeiting appellant's pension under Public Employee Pension Forfeiture Act because appellant's guilty plea to 18 U.S.C. §1001 did not trigger pension forfeiture since §1001 and 18 Pa.C.S. §4906 were not "substantially the same." Reversed.

  • Metal Green Inc. v. City of Philadelphia

    Publication Date: 2022-01-24
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    Case Number: 22-0081

    Minimum variance analysis factor applied to use variance applications, while blighted properties were not entitled to a relaxed standard in the minimum variance analysis. Order of the commonwealth court affirmed in part, reversed and remanded in part.

  • League of Women Voters v. Degraffenreid

    Publication Date: 2022-01-17
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    Case Number: 22-0050

    Commonwealth court properly found the proposed victim's rights amendment violated art. XI, §1 of the Pennsylvania constitution and properly enjoined the secretary from tabulating and certifying the results of the general election regarding that amendment because it manifested separate new rights that were not functionally interrelated. Affirmed.