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  • In the Interest of D.C.D.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Baer
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    Case Number: 17-1663

    Juvenile court properly exercised discretion ordering early termination of delinquency supervision. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Intl Strategic Cancer Alliance, LLC v. Stichting Katholieke Universiteit

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Health Care | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Baylson
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    Case Number: 17-1664

    Plaintiff sufficiently pled existence of contract where it alleged that defendant made assurances of potential partnership between the parties in exchange for plaintiffs assistance in acquiring assets that would be the basis of the proposed partnership. Defendants motion to dismiss granted in part and denied in part.

  • Commonwealth v. Maconeghy

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Expert Witnesses
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 17-1661

    Trial court erred in permitting medical expert to opine as to victims sexual abuse based solely upon the victims accounts, where there was a lack of physical evidence of abuse. Order of the superior court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Miller

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 17-1660

    Assault conviction affirmed despite assertion of self-defense, where defendants inculpatory statements regarding his motives for the assault were sufficient evidence for jury to conclude that defendant was the aggressor in the assault. Judgment of sentence affirmed, application for remand granted.

  • Commonwealth v. Spotz

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 17-1662

    Newly-recognized constitutional right exception to PCRA timeliness requirement improperly invoked where new constitutional rule only applied to federal statute, whereas defendant was convicted under state statute. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Diggs

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Ranson
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    Case Number: 17-1654

    The court of common pleas, sitting as an appellate court, could not properly determine whether it could exercise jurisdiction over defendants appeal from the denial of a motion to dismiss on double jeopardy grounds where the lower court did not comply with Pa.R.Crim.P. Rule 587(b) by entering its findings of fact, conclusions of law and findings as to frivolousness.

  • Commonwealth v. Leonard

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Ransom
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    Case Number: 17-1659

    Defendant subject to less than lifetime registration under SORNA where all of defendants sex offenses arose out of the same criminal episode, as SORNA required a conviction and then a subsequent act to trigger lifetime registration. Judgment of sentence vacated in part, case remanded for resentencing.

  • Commonwealth v. Becker

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Lazarus
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    Case Number: 17-1657

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant parole out of concern for her unborn child given the substantial evidence of defendants heroin use while pregnant and her failure to seek treatment while previously out on probation. The appellate court affirmed a trial court order denying defendants petition for parole.

  • City of Arnold v. Wage Policy Committee-City of Arnold Police Dept.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
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    Case Number: 17-1605

    This dispute between a union and a municipality arising out of a surviving spouses claimed pension benefits was arbitrable under the Policemen and Firemen Collective Bargaining Act where the benefit was afforded to the surviving spouse of a police officer and incorporated into the applicable collective bargaining agreement. The high court reversed and remanded.

  • Century Indemnity Co. v. One Beacon Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Ott
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    Case Number: 17-1656

    The defendant reinsurers obligation to pay defense expenses to plaintiffs, who paid out significant losses on asbestos-related claims, was not capped by the reinsurance accepted amount listed in the parties facultative certificates, the appellate court determined in this case of first impression. The court affirmed a trial court order granting plaintiffs summary judgment in part.