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  • In the Interest of: I.M.S.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-03
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 21-1519

    Trial court erred in summarily denying parent's petition to appeal nunc pro tunc where counsel's failure to timely file a requested appeal from termination of parental rights constituted per se ineffective assistance of counsel. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • Ryan v. Ruize

    Publication Date: 2021-12-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 21-1501

    Statements made to licensed clinical social worker during therapy session were admissible in PFA hearing where privilege applicable to those professionals only restricted testimony in divorce or child custody proceedings. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • K.D. v. E.D.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-29
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 21-1384

    Mother challenged grant of periods of supervised therapeutic custody of children to father and court found trial court engaged in a comprehensive best interest analysis and its analysis relative to whether father currently presented a threat of harm to children was careful, thorough and reasonable. Affirmed.

  • Green v. The Trustee of the Univ. of Pennsylvania

    Publication Date: 2021-11-08
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 21-1297

    Trial court erred in entering sanctions against counsel for failure to strictly comply with certificate of merit rules, where the trial court failed to determine what harm was suffered by defendants due to the violation or what sanctions might be appropriate. Order of the trial court vacated, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Goods

    Publication Date: 2021-11-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 21-1268

    Trial court erred in denying motion to dismiss charge on double jeopardy grounds where mistrial was previously declared by the trial court after the trial court failed to consider any less drastic alternatives to resolve perceived prejudice from defense cross-examination of the arresting office. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

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  • Commonwealth v. Bowens

    Publication Date: 2021-11-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 21-1270

    Cell phone data did not need to be suppressed where an electronic search warrant was timely served upon police and therefore executed, as extraction of the data did not need to take place within the time for execution of the warrant. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Doe v. Bright Horizons Children's Ctr., LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-09-27
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 21-1118

    Trial court properly granted defendants' motion to transfer venue where defendants would face logistical challenges maintaining required teacher/student ratios as staff would be called to testify at a trial in a venue more than two hours away. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Carr

    Publication Date: 2021-09-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 21-1046

    Trial court erred in imposing conditions of probation for a sex offense that included restrictions on contact with minors and use of internet-capable devices, where there was no nexus between the crime of conviction and those restrictions, with the trial court citing defendant's still-pending charges in another jurisdiction to support imposing those restrictions. Judgment of sentence vacated, case remanded.

  • Scranton Quincy Clinic Co., LLC v. Palmiter

    Publication Date: 2021-08-23
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 21-0972

    Trial court properly overruled hospital's demurrer to medical assistant's private action under the Medical Marijuana Act for termination and court held she could maintain a wrongful discharge action based on a violation of public policy. Affirmed.

  • E.A. v. E.C.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 21-0856

    Grandparent could not invoke standing under Child Custody Law where parent who approved of grandparent's exercise of partial physical custody had since deceased, meaning there was no longer a present disagreement between parents regarding grandparent's involvement in their child's life. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.