• Mohn v. Bucks County Republican Comm.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-23
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 19-1076

    Court deferred an appeal of county political party's discipline of its committeeperson because the subject matter of the appeal directly implicated the election code and the legislature had designated the Commonwealth Court as the exclusive forum for election related appeals. Appeal transferred.

  • Johnson v. Neshaminy Shore Picnic Park

    Publication Date: 2019-09-02
    Practice Area: Legislation | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 19-1032

    Father challenged trial court's grant of mother's petition for forfeiture of father's share of wrongful death proceeds after child's accidental death and court found trial court did not abuse its discretion because the amendments to the failure-to-support clause in 20 Pa.C.S. §2106(b) were clearly intended to prohibit a non-performing parent from collecting a windfall in the tragic event of the child's death. Affirmed.

  • In the Interest of: D.R., a minor

    Publication Date: 2019-08-12
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 19-0942

    Trial court violated right against unreasonable search and seizure by ordering parents to submit to home inspection by CYS when agency lacked probable cause for its request to compel the inspection, and lacked statutory authority to compel a parent to take a drug test absent a dependency adjudication. Order of the trial court vacated.

  • Young v. S. B. Conrad, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-12
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-0952

    Plaintiff appealed the trial court order dismissing his claims against defendant, based on defendant's status as a statutory employer under the worker's compensation act, and court found any procedural errors that occurred were with plaintiff's willful acquiescence and he waived his claims. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Murphy

    Publication Date: 2019-07-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 19-0839

    The record failed to establish a valid waiver of counsel where the entire exchange on the issue between defendant and the trial judge was truncated and insufficient to demonstrate a colloquy memorializing a knowing and voluntary waiver. The appellate court vacated defendant's judgment of sentence.

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  • Commonwealth v. Pacheco

    Publication Date: 2019-07-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 19-0837

    The trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained through real-time cell site location information, or CSLI, tracking since an individual maintains a legitimate expectation of privacy in the record of his physical movements captured through both historical and real-time CSLI tracking and, therefore, a warrant supported by probable cause was required. The appellate court vacated defendant's judgment of sentence, reversed in part and remanded.

  • C.H.L. v. W.D.L.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 19-0841

    The trial court did not err in awarding wife exclusive possession of the marital residence in a protection from abuse order since the Protection From Abuse Act allows a court to grant a plaintiff exclusive possession of a residence, even where the defendant is the sole owner, if the defendant has a duty to support the plaintiff or minor children living in the residence. The appellate court affirmed.

  • Rice v. Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown

    Publication Date: 2019-07-01
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 19-0711

    Trial court erred in dismissing appellant's action for fraud and civil conspiracy against diocese and diocesan officials because defendants were not entitled to judgment on pleadings since it was for the jury to determine if appellant exercised reasonable diligence to toll the statute of limitations, if defendants' silence was fraudulent concealment and if appellant sufficiently alleged a fiduciary relationship. Reversed.

  • Smith v. Wells

    Publication Date: 2019-06-24
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 19-0726

    Trial court erred in sending the question of negligence to the jury in an automobile accident case because defendant disobeyed the second clause of 72 Pa. C.S.A. §3361 by driving at a speed that prevented him from fully braking before striking plaintiff's car and he committed negligence per se. Vacated and reversed.

  • Commonwealth v. Pi Delta Psi, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 19-0660

    Trial court imposed illegal sentence against corporate criminal defendant by barring it from doing business in Pennsylvania as a condition of the probation ordered in the judgment of sentence. Judgment of sentence vacated, case remanded for resentencing.