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  • Commonwealth v. Ortiz

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 2608 EDA 2023

    Appellant appealed the trial court's judgment of sentence entered on his conviction for possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance. The court affirmed, holding in pertinent part that a K9 search of appellant's vehicle pursuant to a roadside stop did not result in any invasion of the vehicle's interior space where the K9 handler immediately pulled the dog back after it placed its paws on the vehicle's door frame.

  • US Bank Nat'l Ass'n v. Gardner

    Publication Date: 2024-11-01
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 458 EDA 2023

    Court upheld trial court's judgment on remand where it complied with all three aspects of the remand instructions. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2024-10-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 1195 EDA 2023

    Special probation had statutory general conditions that obviated the need for the trial court to impose specific conditions of probation at sentencing. Order of the trial court vacated, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Person

    Publication Date: 2024-10-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 1249 MDA 2023

    Court correctly granted post-sentence motion for judgment of acquittal on charge of unlawful contact with a minor where there was no evidence that defendant contacted the victim to display, sell, or create obscene "materials." Judgment of the trial court affirmed.

  • Constantine v. Lenox Instrument Co., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 2710 EDA 2022

    Negligence verdict against employer in asbestos exposure case was not against weight of evidence where plaintiff presented sufficient evidence of exposure and employers had a heightened duty to protect employees from known workplace hazards. Orders of the trial court affirmed in part and reversed in part.

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  • Constantine v. Lenox Instrument Co., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 2676 EDA 2022

    Trial court erred in granting defendant's motion that effectively was a second summary judgment motion where defendant had presented no new evidence to eliminate any genuine issues of material fact regarding defendant's alleged failure to maintain corporate formalities between itself and its subsidiary. Order of the trial court vacated, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Dunmore

    Publication Date: 2024-09-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 511 EDA 2023

    Commonwealth appealed the trial court's order granting appellee's motion to dismiss charges due to a violation of his speedy trial rights. The court vacated the order and remanded for trial, holding that appellee suffered no speedy trial violation when two periods of excludable delay were included in the timeline between Commonwealth's filing of charges and appellee's scheduled trial date.

  • Siana v. Noah Hill, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-09-06
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 2982 EDA 2022

    Trial court properly awarded counsel fees to appellee after appellants' confession of judgment complaint was dismissed because appellants lacked a sufficient basis in law or fact to commence the action and the sole purpose of the action was to cause annoyance to appellee. Affirmed.

  • McNeal v. M & J Auto Repair

    Publication Date: 2024-08-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 2507 EDA 2023

    Court properly amended judgment to substitute owner of non-legal business entity in judgment where the owner knew of the action by signing the answer verification and would have been named as the defendant but for a mistake in the identity of the proper party. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Gross v. Mintz

    Publication Date: 2024-08-09
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 1735 EDA 2023

    Trial court correctly dismissed protection from abuse petition based on evidence of alleged child abuse that had been litigated in a prior PFA petition and deemed unfounded by the court and law enforcement/child protection agencies. Order of the trial court affirmed.