• Commonwealth v. Whalley

    Publication Date: 2024-11-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1665 MDA 2023

    Trial court was not required to determine defendant's recidivism risk reduction incentive eligibility on the record to decline to impose an RRRI minimum sentence. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Myers

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 1195 WDA 2023

    The court vacated and remanded the trial court's order dismissing the Commonwealth's petition to revoke defendant's participation in the accelerated rehabilitative disposition program following her arrest for, inter alia, criminal trespass, disorderly conduct, aggravated assault.

  • PennEnergy Res. LLC v. MDS Energy Dev., LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry: Energy | Mining and Resources
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 132 WDA 2023

    Trial court erred when it held PennEnergy was likely to prevail on the merits regarding its claim that appellant MDS was not a party to the Joint Development Agreement or subject to the JDA's arbitration provision and also erred in granting PennEnergy's motion for preliminary injunction against appellant MDS in action concerning working interests in wellbores. Affirmed and vacated.

  • Rice Drilling B, LLC v. Scott

    Publication Date: 2024-09-20
    Practice Area: Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry: Mining and Resources
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 854 WDA 2023

    Trial court erred as a matter of law in sustaining coal owners' preliminary objection asserting improper venue and transferring the case to Greene county because venue in Allegheny county was proper on appellants' breach of contract, negligent misrepresentation and abuse of process claims relating to oil well drilling. Vacated and remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Holley

    Publication Date: 2024-08-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 766 WDA 2023

    Retrieving and holding a firearm in a position ready to fire in a group of juveniles in an area known for fights and shooting was sufficient to give police reasonable suspicion that the holder of the firearm was engaged in or planned to commit criminal activity. Order of the trial court vacated, case remanded.

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  • Sunoco (R&M), LLC v. Pennsylvania Nat'l Mut. Cas. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-23
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Energy | Insurance | Retail
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 1403 EDA 2023

    Insurer was obligated to provide defense in underlying action that initially alleged the existence of a franchise agreement, pursuant to insurance policy's franchisor endorsement, but insurer had no indemnification obligation where underlying action ultimately established a lack of a franchise relationship. Order of the trial court affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part.

  • Commonwealth v. Miyares

    Publication Date: 2024-08-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 574 WDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence entered on his bench trial convictions for two counts of harassment. The court affirmed, holding that appellant's convictions were supported by sufficient evidence where appellant repeatedly directed a raised middle finger toward apartment neighbors' security camera, including one instance in which appellant shouted the term "gay bitch" as a personal, abusive epithet.

  • Asumana v. Asumana

    Publication Date: 2024-07-19
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    Case Number: 2019 EDA 2023

    Appellant husband appealed the trial court's divorce decree, arguing that the trial court erred in denying his petition to declare his marriage with appellee wife to be void or voidable. The court affirmed, holding that the trial court did not err in concluding that the parties ratified their premature marriage by participating in a second marriage ceremony after expiration of the three-day waiting period for their marriage license to become valid.

  • Washabaugh v. Gaudenzia, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-31
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 1363 MDA 2023

    The court affirmed the order granting appellee's motion for judgment on the pleadings in a wrongful termination case on the grounds that appellant's claim was subject to a two-year statute of limitations under 42 Pa. C.S.A. §5501(7).

  • Commonwealth v. Laughman

    Publication Date: 2024-05-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1315 MDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence, which imposed a "no alcohol" probation condition at the conclusion of probation revocation proceedings. The court held that the trial court acted within its discretion in imposing a "no alcohol" condition on appellant's probation after appellant relied on alcohol to commit probation violations.