A Philadelphia senior judge said she declared a mistrial in a hotly contested asbestos case because the defendants sent a copy of their motion for her recusal to the administrative judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas’ trial division.
When Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Senior Judge Esther R. Sylvester entered an order granting a mistrial June 28, her order did not give detailed reasons for granting a mistrial, only stating in a one-paragraph order that “based upon the serious appearance of impropriety that occurred during trial, and post-trial, which is a matter of the trial record and of public record, this court hereby declares a mistrial.”
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