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  • Commonwealth v. Maconeghy

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Expert Witnesses
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 17-1661

    Trial court erred in permitting medical expert to opine as to victims sexual abuse based solely upon the victims accounts, where there was a lack of physical evidence of abuse. Order of the superior court affirmed.

  • Burke v. Independence Blue Cross

    Publication Date: 2017-10-24
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Aerospace | Health Care | Insurance
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Saylor
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    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1588

    Under the Autism Recovery Law, the defendant insurers place-of-services exclusion in plaintiffs policy was ineffective to foreclose coverage for in-school, applied behavioral analysis treatment for plaintiffs son, who was diagnosed with an autism-spectrum disorder. The court affirmed a lower court order finding the exclusion ineffective.