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  • Verba v. Erie Ins. Exch.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge King
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 2633 EDA 2023

    The court affirmed the order of the Northampton County Court of Common Pleas requiring appellant to submit to an independent medical examination by a qualified examiner selected by appellee.

  • Commonwealth v. Bradley

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 123 MDA 2024

    Appellant's appointed counsel applied to withdraw from representation in light of appellant's nolo contendere plea before the trial court. The court denied the request to withdraw and remanded, holding that while appellant's plea waived his claims on direct appeal, he effectively set out a potentially meritorious claim for ineffective assistance of counsel in his pro se notice of appeal.

  • Commonwealth v. Munoz-Rodriguez

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Beck
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    Case Number: 1535 MDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the Post Conviction Relief Act court's dismissal of his PCRA petition. The court reversed, holding that appellant was not subject to any registration requirement under Pennsylvania's Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act where he was convicted in Maryland in 2003 for a sexual offense of the third degree.

  • Spolar v. The Spolar Family Trust

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Real Estate
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 482 MDA 2023

    The court affirmed the judgment based on a non-jury verdict in favor of appellees in the amount of $133,000 in a real estate dispute between a daughter, her mother and a family trust.

  • Commonwealth v. Ortiz

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 2608 EDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence entered on his conviction for possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance. The court affirmed, holding in pertinent part that a K9 search of appellant's vehicle pursuant to a roadside stop did not result in any invasion of the vehicle's interior space where the K9 handler immediately pulled the dog back after it placed its paws on the vehicle's door frame.

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  • Dovin v. Honey Brook Golf Club L.P.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Nichols
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 2078 EDA 2023

    Court vacated and remanded judgment denying permanent injunction where trial court abruptly issued its order in the middle of the non-jury trial, depriving plaintiff of the opportunity to cross-examine defendant's witness and leaving an incomplete record that precluded appellate review. Order of the trial court vacated, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 2638 EDA 2023

    Appellant appealed from the denial of his first Post Conviction Relief Act petition. The court affirmed, holding in pertinent part that petitioner was ineligible for PCRA relief where he claimed ineffective assistance of PCRA counsel regarding a conviction for which the court previously vacated petitioner's sentence on direct appeal.

  • Commonwealth v. Whalley

    Publication Date: 2024-11-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 1665 MDA 2023

    Trial court was not required to determine defendant's recidivism risk reduction incentive eligibility on the record to decline to impose an RRRI minimum sentence. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Kelly

    Publication Date: 2024-11-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 2518 EDA 2023

    Court found no discovery violation where raw electronic data would have been made available to the defense upon request and the commonwealth never represented that the files it highlighted for the defense would be the sole evidence from the raw data to be presented at trial. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Devine

    Publication Date: 2024-11-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 30 MDA 2024

    Appellant was not entitled to credit for time served in in-patient substance abuse treatment facility that defendant voluntarily entered, which lacked the hallmarks of a custodial arrangement. Judgment of sentence affirmed.