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  • In re Nomination Petition of Doyle

    Publication Date: 2023-12-11
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Todd
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    Case Number: 78 MAP 2022

    Commonwealth court's factual findings in awarding counsel fees to candidate, in objectors' challenge to a nominating petition, lacked record support and commonwealth court's finding that objectors' conduct was dilatory, vexatious and in bad faith was unfounded. Reversed in part.

  • Commonwealth v. Yaw

    Publication Date: 2023-12-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 2643 EDA 2022

    Post Conviction Relief Act petition alleging ineffective assistance of counsel due to the failure to investigate a diminished defense capacity was correctly dismissed where there was substantial evidence showing that defendant could form the intent to inflict severe or fatal injuries on the victim. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

  • Belfor Prop. Restoration v. Ravenwood Manor, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-12-11
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 291 EDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the trial court's order granting appellee's motion to strike its lien claim. The court reversed and remanded for further proceedings.

  • Commonwealth v. Spone

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 1623 EDA 2022

    Evidence was sufficient for jury to infer defendant intended to annoy or alarm other families at her daughter's gym by sending anonymous messages containing students' photos and feigning concern about their behavior as she had no credible reason for not communicating with families directly. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Ritz v. Ramsay

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 1024 WDA 2022

    Trial court properly dismissed executor's action against medical center parties that gave methadone to driver of car that killed decedent and court found trial court did not err in declining to impose a duty on the medical center parties. Affirmed.

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  • Moyer v. Shaffer

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 422 MDA 2023

    Trial court erred in dismissing appellant's second protection from abuse petition after appellant's first PFA petition was dismissed without prejudice because res judicata and collateral estoppel did not apply to bar her from raising the same claims in her second petition and an evidentiary hearing was mandatory. Vacated and remanded.

  • In the Interest of: S.A.S.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 504 EDA 2023

    Trial court abused its discretion in dismissing dependency petition after finding that child did not experience substantial pain despite suffering multiple fractures and where parents failed to establish alternate explanations of injury after DHS established a prima facie case. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Dell

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 2091 EDA 2022

    Appellant appealed trial court's order granting the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole's request to add three conditions to his terms of probation, originally imposed in 2008. The court vacated the trial court's order and remanded for further proceedings.

  • Commonwealth v. Spone

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 1623 EDA 2022

    Court affirmed harassment convictions where there was sufficient evidence for a jury to infer that defendant lacked a legitimate basis to contact families about their children's behavior and instead merely intended to harass, annoy, or alarm the families. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Lesko v. Brenning

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Lazarus
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    Case Number: 1201 WDA 2022

    Administratrix appealed court of common pleas orders exempting $30,000 in a bank account from attachment and an order allowing account holders to use some of the funds and court found the civil trial division lacked subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate the matter. Vacated and remanded to the orphans' court division.