• Cao v. Pennsylvania State Police

    Publication Date: 2022-08-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Ceisler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0934

    Pursuant to the rulings in Commonwealth v. Lacombe and T.S. v. Pennsylvania State Police, subchapter I of the second version of the state's Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, which applied retroactively to defendant, was nonpunitive and did not violate the constitutional prohibition against ex post facto laws. The appellate court affirmed.

  • Quinn v. Police Pension Comm'n

    Publication Date: 2022-07-25
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Ceisler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0834

    Trial court erred in stripping appellant of her pension benefits under the Public Employee Pension Forfeiture Act after she was convicted of conspiracy to tamper with or fabricate physical evidence for telling her son to lie and take photo off the department-issued phone she let him use because she acted in her private capacity as a mother and did not conspire as part of her responsibilities as a public employee. Reversed.

  • Nunez v. Blough

    Publication Date: 2022-07-25
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Ceisler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0829

    Where inmate had pled sufficient facts to give rise to a prima facie claim that corrections officers engaged in retaliatory behavior for inmate's decision to lodge legal claims and grievances against the officers, the trial court erred in dismissing inmate's retaliation claim as frivolous. Order of the trial court vacated in part and reversed in part.

  • S. Fayette Twp. v. Pennsylvania Dep't of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-18
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Ceisler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0806

    Petitioners moved for summary relief in regard to public-private transportation partnership board's approval of the Major Bridge P3 initiative and court found the initiative was void ab initio since it was approved in violation of act 88's provisions and guidelines. Summary relief granted.

  • Reyes v. Pennsylvania Parole Bd.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Ceisler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0687

    Parole board filed preliminary objections and a demurrer to petitioner's violation motion regarding board's failure to hold a parole revocation hearing and court found it had original jurisdiction, it sustained board's demurrer to petitioner's claim that board's failure to hold a hearing violated his right to have that hearing in a timely fashion but found that since board elected not to challenge petitioner's argument related to the interstate agreement on detainers, that portion of his claim had to proceed. Overruled in part, sustai

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  • Brown v. Unemployment Comp. Review Bd.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-23
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Ceisler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0578

    Claimant failed to establish a valid justification for refusing to comply with employer's reasonable directive to get a flu vaccine; therefore, the lower jurisdictions did not err in finding her ineligible for benefits under §402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law. The commonwealth court affirmed.

  • Bark v. Sooner Steel, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-04-04
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Ceisler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0364

    Workers' compensation claimant satisfied exception to "going and coming rule" where credited testimony showed that employer provided means of travel to and from work sites and compensated employees for their travel time. Order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board reversed, case remanded.

  • Farrier v. Lee's Painting & Roof Coating

    Publication Date: 2022-04-04
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Ceisler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0368

    Second termination petition ruling did not contradict the findings of a first petition ruling where workers compensation judge cited to evidence in the record supporting a finding that claimant's physical condition had improved since the first petition. Order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board affirmed.

  • Brown v. Pittsburgh City Council Member Burgess

    Publication Date: 2022-02-28
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Ceisler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0229

    The court vacated the trial court decision on a purported judgment on the pleadings because no motion for judgment on the pleadings had been made.

  • Dunbar Armored v. Fisher

    Publication Date: 2022-02-21
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Transportation
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Ceisler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0184

    Board improperly granted temporary total disability benefits to claimant exposed to carbon monoxide at work because record lacked any evidence that a medical professional ever imposed health-related restrictions on his work duties. Reversed.