• In re Avandia Marketing

    Publication Date: 2020-09-21
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Rufe
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-1035

    Drug manufacturer's motion for the continued sealing of certain expert reports failed, except as to the redaction of study subject personal information, because the common law presumption of public access, the lack of harm manufacturer would face, the significance of the litigation and number of people affected required public disclosure. Motion denied in part and granted in part.

  • United States v. Heinrich

    Publication Date: 2020-08-31
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0945

    Defendant appealed the exclusion of his proffered expert testimony as to his intent in his 18 U.S.C. §2251(a) charges and court found it could not review an adjunct-presented non-ruling that caused defendant to plead guilty where law clerk told counsel that judge would exclude the evidence under F.R.E. 403 and 704(b) but no formal ruling, order or opinion was ever docketed. Vacated and remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. DiStefano

    Publication Date: 2020-08-17
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0875

    The trial court abused its discretion in excluding evidence related to the causation of the victim's death based on the dismissal of criminal homicide chargesas such evidence was relevant to the remaining charge of aggravated assault and whether defendant caused the victim serious bodily injury that created a "substantial risk of death." The superior court reversed and remanded.

  • Walsh v. BASF Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-10
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    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.

  • Commonwealth v. Cook

    Publication Date: 2020-04-27
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0428

    The trial court erred in finding that the psychotherapist-client privilege in 42 Pa.C.S. §5944 applied to incriminating statements defendant made to a fellow patient while at a mental health treatment center since he did not make the statements to a member of his treatment team during treatment and the statements were not confidential. The superior court vacated in part and remanded.

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  • Leadbitter v. Keystone Anesthesia Consultants, Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-24
    Practice Area: Evidence | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0204

    Hospital appealed discovery order directing it to produce the unredacted credentialing file for physician and court found trial court properly relied on Reginelli v Boggs, 181 A.3d 293, to order production of the file since the credentialing committee was a "review organization" and the Healthcare Quality Improvement Act also did not preclude production of the file. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Saez

    Publication Date: 2020-01-06
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Shogan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-1511

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding defendant's young daughter competent to testify as a witness at trial where she demonstrated an ability to distinguish between the truth and a lie and her testimony regarding defendant's sexual abuse of her was admissible as evidence of prior bad acts proving a common scheme, plan or design. The appellate court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Lu

    Publication Date: 2019-11-25
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-1376

    The trial court erred in admitting a hearsay statement implicating defendant in the operation of an alleged house of prostitution where the witness who made the testimonial statement was unavailable and defendant did not have an opportunity to cross-examine her. The appellate court vacated defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • United States v. Hall

    Publication Date: 2019-11-25
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
    Judge: District Judge Rambo
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-1392

    Defendant made pretrial motions to suppress voice identifications and bank records and dismiss identify theft counts in his trial for money laundering, identity theft and mail fraud and court found voice identification was allowed under F.R.E. 901 as opinion evidence, the subpoena was sufficient to obtain his bank records and the counterfeit DD 214 forms defendant submitted qualified as a "means of identification." Motions denied.

  • Koch v. Musser

    Publication Date: 2019-11-11
    Practice Area: Evidence | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Linhardt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-1275

    Plaintiff's chronic marijuana use was relevant and admissible to the issues of his future earning capacity and his future life expectancy, though evidence of plaintiff's chronic marijuana use as a factor relevant to his future life expectancy required expert testimony. The court granted in part and denied in part plaintiff's motion in limine.