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  • Tibbitt v. Eagle Home Inspections, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-11-20
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Lazarus
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 1474 WDA 2022

    Trial court properly dismissed appellant's action against home inspection company as time barred because 68 Pa.C.S.A. §7512 was a statute of repose that began to run on the date of the delivery of the inspection report and appellant filed her action more than a year after she received the report. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Seladones

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 377 MDA 2023

    Trial court erred in sentencing defendant at a third-degree felony grading for theft by unlawful taking where there was no finding by the jury or admission in open court by defendant as to the value of the stolen items. Judgment of sentence vacated, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Pridgen

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 78 MDA 2023

    Although PCRA court neglected to address defendant's claims of ineffectiveness against current PCRA counsel, defendant was not prejudiced where his primary claims of ineffective assistance by his initial PCRA counsel decades ago did not meet any of the timeliness exceptions. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

  • Dice v. Chocha-Pipan

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Real Estate
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Colins
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    Case Number: 1414 MDA 2022

    Court affirmed dismissal of petition to set aside sheriff's deed where petitioner failed to challenge each independent basis for the trial court's decision. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Raling

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 1430 WDA 2022

    Trial court did not misstate the law where it exercised discretion to deny parole to defendant who had completed minimum sentence where trial court determined defendant needed to complete drug/alcohol treatment for his parole to be successful. Order of the trial court affirmed.

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  • Commonwealth v. Papp

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McCaffery
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    Case Number: 1394 MDA 2022

    Harassment statute did not violate First Amendment protections where the statute proscribed the intent of communications/expressions rather than the content of said communications. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Weatherholtz v. McKelvey

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 190 MDA 2023

    Trial court erred in entering a protective order under the Protection of Victims of Sexual Violence or Intimidation Act because appellee's petition was filed after the six-year statute of limitations had run and was barred by the statute. Reversed.

  • Commonwealth v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 633 WDA 2022

    Police had exigent circumstances for warrantless search of medically incapacitated person's vehicle and backpack where the person could not give his identity to the officers, who reasonably searched the vehicle and backpack for identification. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • In the Interest of K.M.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Lazarus
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 159 WDA 2023

    Trial court properly granted guardian ad litem's motion and found agency failed to put forth reasonable efforts to prevent K.M.'s removal from his home as required by 42 Pa.C.S.A. §6351(b), trial court's decision was supported by competent evidence in the record and showed agency's monumental failures. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. McKnight

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
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    Case Number: 66 WDA 2023

    Trial court did not abuse discretion in directing commonwealth's response to bill of particulars seeking clarification on the manner in which defendant allegedly poisoned the victims since such information was directly related to the alleged actus reus and would shape defendant's defense strategy. Order of the trial court affirmed.