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  • Commonwealth v. Perrin

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
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    Case Number: 2 EAP 2022

    Parties' joint stipulation affirming witness's credibility in motion for new trial was not valid or enforceable where trial court possessed sole discretion regarding credibility determinations. Order of the superior court affirmed.

  • Myers v. Commonwealth

    Publication Date: 2023-03-13
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Retail | State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
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    Case Number: 67 MAP 2021

    Discount or coupon could establish new purchase price for sales tax only if the excluded part of the price was specifically identified and the item and coupon to which it applied was also specifically described on the invoice or receipt. Order of the commonwealth court reversed, petition dismissed.

  • In re: Trust Under Deed of Garrison

    Publication Date: 2023-02-06
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
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    Case Number: 61 MAP 2022

    Trial court erred in applying precedent that barred beneficiaries from modifying trust instrument to remove and replace trustees, where modification of trust to grant removal power to beneficiaries had been unanimously consented to by the settlor and beneficiaries. Order of the superior court reversed, case remanded.

  • In re: Am. Network Ins. Co. (in Liquidation)

    Publication Date: 2022-11-07
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
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    Case Number: 58 MAP 2021

    Appellant's notice of appeal from a commonwealth court panel's order was a timely appeal as of right from a final order in a declaratory judgment action, which triggered the jurisdictional limits imposed by 42 Pa.C.S. §5505. The high court affirmed.

  • Kornfeind v. New Werner Holding Co., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-12
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Manufacturing | Retail
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
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    Case Number: 22-1030

    Pennsylvania borrowing statute only applied temporal restrictions under foreign jurisdiction's statute of limitations, not its statute of repose, where the language of the borrowing statute expressly referred to the "accrual" of claims and where Pennsylvania considered statutes of repose substantive law subject to choice of law analysis. Order of the superior court affirmed.

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  • Commonwealth v. Jones-Williams

    Publication Date: 2022-08-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
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    Case Number: 22-0852

    Superior court properly reversed trial court's denial of appellee's motion to suppress blood test results under exigent circumstances but erred in addressing the constitutionality of 75 Pa.C.S. §3775. Affirmed in part, vacated in part.

  • A.L. v. Pennsylvania State Police

    Publication Date: 2022-05-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
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    Case Number: 22-0590

    Defendant's court-martial conviction for sexual assault could not be the basis for his classification as a Tier III lifetime registrant under Pennsylvania's Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act where his military offense was not "comparable" to sexual assault under Pennsylvania's Crimes Code. The high court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. McCabe

    Publication Date: 2022-01-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
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    Case Number: 22-0036

    The lower courts correctly interpreted the procedural requirements for problem-solving courts such as a Veterans Treatment Court as being distinct from Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition and, thus, properly found that Chapter 3 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure did not apply to the disposition of defendant's case. The high court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Green

    Publication Date: 2022-01-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
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    Case Number: 22-0012

    Search warrant was not overbroad where it authorized the seizure of all digital devices from a residence, where law enforcement had probable cause to believe child pornography was being shared from an IP address, as the warrant only authorized searching the devices for evidence relating to child pornography. Order of the superior court affirmed.

  • Steltz v. Meyers

    Publication Date: 2022-01-10
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
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    Case Number: 22-0003

    Superior court erred in affirming trial court's grant of a new trial based on one question for which trial court gave a curative instruction and court found superior court's reliance on Siegal v. Stefanyszyn, 718 A.2d 1274, was misplaced and trial court did not view the question in the context of the entire trial when evaluating appellee's post-trial motion for a new trial. Reversed.