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  • Commonwealth v. Strouse

    Publication Date: 2024-02-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Sullivan
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    Case Number: 2470 EDA 2022

    Trial court did not abuse discretion in imposing probation condition for defendant to surrender to their outstanding warrants despite defendant being under active probation supervision that prevented his travel to other jurisdictions, where defendant had failed to show good faith efforts to modify his probation to obtain approval to travel. Judgment of sentence affirmed in part and vacated in part.

  • Commonwealth v. Saylor

    Publication Date: 2024-02-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 175 MDA 2023

    Ineffective assistance of counsel claims relating to denial of proposed self-defense instructions failed where there was insufficient evidence of defendant's state of mind to support such an instruction. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

  • Watson v. Baby Trend, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-29
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | E-Commerce | Manufacturing
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 2356 EDA 2022

    Trial court properly transferred appellants' products liability/strict liability, negligence and breach of warranty action to Bucks county, where appellants resided, because there was no evidence demonstrating that manufacturer's contacts with Philadelphia county were continuous, habitual, or regular. Affirmed.

  • Estate of A.J.M.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-29
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
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    Case Number: 962 WDA 2022

    Denial of law firm's petition for fees and costs did not itself deprive couple subsequently adjudicated incapacitated of their choice of counsel, but the trial court exercised its discretion to deny fees and costs where it found the firm's services to be unreasonable or unnecessary. Orders of the trial court affirmed.

  • Thorson v. EDDW, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-01-29
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 3059 EDA 2022

    Trial properly applied an adverse inference to one appellant's failure to testify at trial in employment contract action because appellants' counsel did not inform court of appellant's medical condition until after trial started and never asked for an accommodation until after the verdict and appellees' expert witness was qualified to testify as to the value of the company. Affirmed.

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  • Commonwealth v. Lamont

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Sullivan
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    Case Number: 112 MDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the judgment of sentence entered on his jury trial convictions for two counts of indecent assault of a child and related crimes. The court affirmed, concluding the trial court did not err in permitting defendant's child molestation victim to testify contemporaneously via video during defendant's trial.

  • Commonwealth v. Bueno

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 130 MDA 2023

    Appellant challenged the judgment of sentence entered on his bench trial conviction for statutory sexual assault and indecent assault of a person less than sixteen years old. The court affirmed, rejecting appellant's contention that he was unlawfully required to register as a sex offender under Revised Subchapter H of the Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act.

  • Watchworld Worldwide v. Erie Ins. Exch.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Non-Profit
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Colins
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    Case Number: 1221 WDA 2022

    Trial court erred in finding for plaintiff in action over insurance coverage for electronic data deleted from a third party's computer and court found that while the term "your computers" was ambiguous and had to be construed in favor of plaintiff, there was no evidence to show the cost of replacing the data exceeded the policy deductible and defendant had a reasonable basis, as a matter of law, for denying the claim. Vacated.

  • Commonwealth v. Salinas

    Publication Date: 2024-01-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 866 EDA 2023

    Victim testimony recounting incident where defendant turned his vehicle around to pass the victim a second time and shout a threat was sufficient to establish all the elements of harassment. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Rosario

    Publication Date: 2024-01-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 372 MDA 2023

    Evidence was sufficient to find defendant guilty of attempting to cause severe bodily injury where prison inmate launched a surprise assault on a corrections officer that ended only when other corrections officers forcibly pulled defendant off the victim, who had attempted to shield himself on the ground. Judgment of sentence affirmed.