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  • Jordan v. The Pennsylvania State Univ.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-23
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Education | Health Care
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 22-0565

    Appellant appealed order sustaining the preliminary objections filed by university appellees and granting the petitions filed by healthcare appellees to hold appellant in contempt of court and dismiss his amended complaint in action over appellant's alleged knee injury while a university football player and court found his appeal was procedurally deficient, his motion to recuse was untimely and trial court properly disposed of all of appellant's cognizable issues. Affirmed.

  • Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2022-05-23
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 22-0575

    Insurer was obligated to provide UIM coverage equal to bodily injury liability coverage limit where it had not obtained a new rejection of coverage form upon renewal of the policy term. Order of the trial court vacated, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Juray

    Publication Date: 2022-05-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 22-0573

    Challenge to the credibility of victim's testimony constituted a weight of the evidence challenge rather than a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, and the weight of evidence claim was waived for failure to move for a new trial. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Snyder v. Snyder

    Publication Date: 2022-05-09
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 22-0521

    Husband appealed aspects of the property distribution plan in the parties' divorce and court found wife was competent to testify as to value of husband's company, trial court properly held husband responsible for a credit card debt, properly ordered husband to pay wife a lump sum but erred in double counting four assets. Affirmed, vacated in part and remanded in part.

  • Commonwealth v. Redmond

    Publication Date: 2022-05-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 22-0510

    No abuse of discretion in imposing consecutive sentences within standard range for DUI convictions, where defendant had repeated DUI violations that would have supported sentencing within the aggravated range. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

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  • Commonwealth v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2022-05-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 22-0520

    COVID-19 safety protocols for juries did not prevent empaneling of fair, impartial jury where such protocols were adopted in conformity with Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts recommendations and public health guidance. Judgment of conviction affirmed.

  • True R.R. Realty, Inc. v. McNees Wallace & Nurick, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-05-02
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 22-0479

    Trial court properly granted summary judgment in favor of defendants in plaintiff's legal malpractice action because plaintiff had ample time to satisfy its evidentiary burden of producing an expert report but failed to act with due diligence and failed to supply sufficient admissible evidence to support each element of its professional negligence claim. Affirmed.

  • In the Interest of: K.B.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-25
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 22-0450

    Court committed no abuse of discretion in adjudicating child dependent where parents were unable to provide logical explanations as to multiple traumatic injuries suffered by the child. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Roy v. Rue

    Publication Date: 2022-04-25
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 22-0440

    Trial court properly denied defendant's petition to open or strike a default judgment because he failed to show a defect as to the affidavit/return of service of the complaint, the ten-day notice of intent to file a default judgment or notice of the assessment of damages hearing since there was no dispute that residence where his mother accepted service of process was the only address of record for individual and his petition was not timely. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Thomas

    Publication Date: 2022-04-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 22-0445

    Motion to suppress properly denied where police initiated mere encounter to inform defendant that he was violating city ordinance, where defendant immediately ran after being approached by the officers. Judgment of sentence affirmed.