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  • Balentine v. Chester Water Auth. et al

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction | State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 18-1030

    The motor vehicle exception to governmental immunity under the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act applied in this case where decedent was struck and killed by a government vehicle. The high court reversed and remanded.

  • In Re: Fortieth Statewide Investigating Grand Jury

    Publication Date: 2018-08-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Public Records
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 18-0945

    The high court held that substantial portions of a grand jury's report on alleged child sexual abuse by individuals associated with the Pennsylvania Dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church should be released to the public but that the report should be redacted to protect the identities of petitioners/appellants, who were not afforded an opportunity to appear before the grand jury. The high court issued interim relief.

  • In Re: A.J.R.-H. et al

    Publication Date: 2018-08-07
    Practice Area: Evidence | Family Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
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    Case Number: 18-0912

    The trial court erred in admitting into evidence, at a hearing a petition to terminate mother's parental rights, over 150 exhibits under the business records exception to the hearsay rule without any supporting testimony, and the appellate court erred in excusing the admission based on harmless error. The appellate court reversed and remanded.

  • Williams v. City of Philadelphia

    Publication Date: 2018-08-07
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Tax
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 18-0917

    Philadelphia beverage tax was not duplicative of state sales tax where taxes were imposed at different levels of commerce. Order of the commonwealth court affirmed.

  • Washington v. Dept. of Pub. Welfare

    Publication Date: 2018-08-07
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Constitutional Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    Case Number: 18-0922

    Legislature violated Art. III, §4 of the Pennsylvania Constitution where it passed a bill whose contents were completely gutted and replaced without then considering the bill on three separate days in each chamber. Order of the commonwealth court reversed.

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  • In the Interest of J.B.

    Publication Date: 2018-08-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    Case Number: 18-0928

    Superior Court erred in affirming juvenile's adjudication as delinquent for the murder of his stepmother because the evidence was, at best, in equipoise and was insufficient as a matter of law to overcome the presumption of innocence. Reversed.

  • Commonwealth v. Barbour

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 18-0880

    The appellate court erred in finding that defendant waived his rights under rule 600 since the waiver rule set forth in Commonwealth v. Steltz is narrow in scope.. The high court reversed the appellate court's decision.

  • Commonwealth v. Small

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
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    Case Number: 18-0884

    New trial could be granted where more detailed account of alternative suspect's confession was not cumulative or corroborative of the defense's trial theory. Order of the Superior Court reversed, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Chambers

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 18-0878

    The high court did not address the difficult issue of whether criminal convictions can rest upon a theory of conspiratorial liability. The high court reversed and remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. UPMC

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care | Non-Profit
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 18-0886

    Commonwealth court erred in ordering renewal of Medical Advantage provider agreements pursuant to consent decree. Order of the commonwealth court reversed.