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Publication Date: 2022-04-11
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Leavitt
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Case Number: 22-0388
Petitioner alleged the registration and reporting requirements under SORNA II were punitive as applied to him in violation of the ex post facto clauses of the United States and Pennsylvania constitutions and court found the petition failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.
Publication Date: 2022-04-04
Practice Area: Real Estate
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Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Cannon
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Case Number: 22-0359
Trial court properly found appellant was entitled to the original purchase price and real estate taxes paid on a property sold at a tax sale in 1973 because the sale was void ab initio since the property did not actually exist and properly denied appellant's claims for compound interest or attorney fees. Affirmed.
Publication Date: 2022-04-04
Practice Area: Administrative Law
Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Covey
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Case Number: 22-0360
Trial court erred in reversing board's decision to deny a demolition plan for a six-story building because board's decision reflected that the board, informed by its members' expertise, weighed the record evidence and disagreed with plaintiff's experts regarding the need for preemptive demolition of adjacent structures as a safety measure. Reversed.
Publication Date: 2022-04-04
Practice Area: Labor Law
Industry: Construction
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Ceisler
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Case Number: 22-0364
Workers' compensation claimant satisfied exception to "going and coming rule" where credited testimony showed that employer provided means of travel to and from work sites and compensated employees for their travel time. Order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board reversed, case remanded.
Publication Date: 2022-04-04
Practice Area: Education Law
Industry: Education
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Cannon
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Case Number: 22-0355
District properly removed plaintiff, despite his argument that §1089 of the school code applied, from his position as business administrator and reassigned him to a different position with a substantial salary reduction because plaintiff was not a professional employee as defined in the school code, his reassignment was not a removal but a demotion and was not subject to any hearing requirement. Affirmed.
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Publication Date: 2022-04-04
Practice Area: Labor Law
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Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Ceisler
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Case Number: 22-0368
Second termination petition ruling did not contradict the findings of a first petition ruling where workers compensation judge cited to evidence in the record supporting a finding that claimant's physical condition had improved since the first petition. Order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board affirmed.
Publication Date: 2022-04-04
Practice Area: Employment Litigation
Industry: Health Care
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Jubelirer
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Case Number: 22-0361
Board erred in denying unemployment benefits based on claimant's alleged conscious intent to quit and court found claimant made necessary and reasonable efforts to preserve his employment by remaining in contact with employer, attempting to obtain Family and Medical Leave Act paperwork in multiple formats and complete it and conditions outside claimant's control caused many of the difficulties in getting the FMLA paperwork to his physician. Reversed.
Publication Date: 2022-03-28
Practice Area: Tax
Industry: Education
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Leavitt
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Case Number: 22-0337
Trial court erred in dismissing appellant's complaint seeking a refund for real estate taxes paid after county improperly reclassified its school properties as taxable because trial court should have transferred appellant's complaint to the appeals board for a decision on whether county's assessment notices were valid, whether the properties were taxable and whether appellant was entitled to a refund. Reversed.
Publication Date: 2022-03-28
Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Covey
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Case Number: 22-0333
Appellants challenged zoning certificate that allowed an accommodation of up to six non-related individuals with traumatic brain injuries to live in area zoned for only up to three unrelated people living together and court found settlement agreement reached in federal court was not valid and enforceable because it bypassed the ordinance without court approval and company did not satisfy its initial burden of showing that the requested accommodation was necessary to afford handicapped persons an equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dw
Publication Date: 2022-03-28
Practice Area: Administrative Law
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Wojcik
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Case Number: 22-0334
Public School Employees' Retirement System filed preliminary objections to petitioner's action seeking a court order declaring she, as a board member, was entitled to review the documents she had requested and court overruled PSERS' objections because the records petitioner sought were related to a current PSERS asset, were "reasonably related" to her duties as a board member and she had a fiduciary obligation to exercise due diligence to manage and control PSERS funds. Objections overruled.
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