• In re Estate of Simpson

    Publication Date: 2023-11-20
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
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    Case Number: 1042 WDA 2022

    Trial court erred in imposing sanctions on appellant attorney who filed an "Objection to Account (Fraud)" on behalf of his client, decedent's wife, asserting fraud on wife in inducing her to elect to take under the will and trying to withdraw her election and court found appellant mistakenly presented his argument in the wrong format and/or wrong forum and the record did not show his filing was vexatious. Reversed.

  • 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.

  • Trust Under Deed of Garrison

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
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    Case Number: 1429 EDA 2020

    In case disputing the validity of modification agreements to an inter vivos trust, orphans' court properly denied appellants' motion for judgment on the pleadings on the grounds of disputed issues of material fact and court vacated its denial of appellants' petition for declaratory judgment as premature, vacated its decision that estate was not a proper participant to the proceedings and remanded for discovery on the issue of a confidential relationship. Affirmed in part, vacated in part and remanded.

  • Carvell v. Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-29
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
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    Case Number: 713 MDA 2022

    Trial court erred in not compelling arbitration pursuant to unlimited arbitration clause in account agreement that was expressly binding upon the accountholder's estate. Order of the trial court reversed in part, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Ani

    Publication Date: 2023-05-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
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    Case Number: 1208 MDA 2021

    Commonwealth appealed the trial court's order granting appellee's motion to suppress evidence recovered from the execution of cell phone search warrants. The court affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for further proceedings.

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  • Commonwealth v. Grush

    Publication Date: 2023-04-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
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    Case Number: 611 WDA 2022

    Court could admit preliminary hearing testimony of deceased witness despite defendant not cross-examining the witness about his criminal history, where defendant and the witness were the only two suspects to the crime and defendant thoroughly cross-examined the witness regarding his potential involvement in the offense, and the witness's criminal history would have only been minor impeachment evidence. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Thompson

    Publication Date: 2023-02-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
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    Case Number: 2632 EDA 2021

    Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision that recognized that Pennsylvania Constitution was incompatible with the federal "automobile exception" did not implicitly overrule the inventory search exception as well since both exceptions were distinct, as inventory searches were conducted for "community caretaking" rather than investigation of crimes. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Yoder v. McCarthy Constr., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-13
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
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    Case Number: 1605 EDA 2021

    Trial court erred in barring defendant's statutory employer defense in plaintiff's negligence action after he fell through a hole in a roof while working for roofing subcontractor and court found defendant met all five elements of the McDonald test, defendant was plaintiff's statutory employer and was immune from tort liability. Judgment vacated.

  • Shellenberger v. Kreider Farms

    Publication Date: 2023-01-23
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Agriculture
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
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    Case Number: 455 EDA 2022

    Trial court erred in granting summary judgment to appellees in plaintiffs' asbestos personal injury action and erred in finding appellees' failure to warn husband of the dangers of asbestos did not constitute negligence and court found plaintiff wife presented sufficient evidence to establish a genuine issue of material fact that appellees' failure to protect husband from exposure to asbestos constituted a breach of the duty they owed him as their employee. Reversed.

  • Commonwealth v. Howard

    Publication Date: 2022-11-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
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    Case Number: 2821 EDA 2019

    Government report highlighting issues in capital jury trials did not constitute "newly discovered evidence" to avoid Post Conviction Relief Act time bar where the report's findings did not support a claim that prosecutors in appellant's trial intentionally discriminated against prospective jurors based on race. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.