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  • Dolan v. Hurd Millwork Co., Inc. et al

    Publication Date: 2018-10-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Deals and Transactions | Judges
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
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    Case Number: 18-1290

    Where the trial court's Pa.R.A.P. 1925(b) opinion is deemed inadequate and the trial judge is unavailable to provide a supplemental opinion, the appellate court should review the legal issues raised in appellant's rule 1925(b) statement of errors complained of on appeal. The high court reversed and remanded.

  • C.G. v. J.H.

    Publication Date: 2018-10-09
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
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    Case Number: 18-1200

    Trial court properly denied former unmarried partner in loco parentis standing where partner failed to assume or discharge parental duties during the parties' relationship and partner's post-separation conduct was consistent with this pre-separation conduct. Order of the superior court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Leed

    Publication Date: 2018-06-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
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    Case Number: 18-0708

    Search warrant was valid where common sense reading of supporting affidavit of probable cause led to conclusion that facially stale information was in fact a typographical or other error. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Staton

    Publication Date: 2018-06-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
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    Case Number: 18-0687

    Second PCRA petition dismissed as untimely where PCRA court could consider amended pro se petition after defendant forfeited right to PCRA counsel, thereby obviating claim of governmental interference. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Yong

    Publication Date: 2018-02-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
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    Case Number: 18-0107

    Collective knowledge doctrine applicable to justify arrest where arresting officer was working in coordination on execution of search warrant obtained by another officer possessing probable cause for defendants arrest. Order of the superior court reversed.

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  • Dubose v. Quinlan et al

    Publication Date: 2017-12-19
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
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    Case Number: 17-1825

    The high court concluded that §513(d) of the Medical Care Availability and Reduction Act established a two-year statute of limitations for medical professional liability cases in the form of wrongful death or survival actions, which period accrues at the time of the decedents death. The court affirmed the intermediate courts judgment.

  • Erie Ins. Exch. v. Bristol

    Publication Date: 2017-12-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Dispute Resolution | Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Transportation
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
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    Case Number: 17-1790

    Statute of limitations only began to run once UM claim accrued when insurer breached insurance contract by denying arbitration or declining coverage. Order of the superior court reversed.

  • City of Arnold v. Wage Policy Committee-City of Arnold Police Dept.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
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    Case Number: 17-1605

    This dispute between a union and a municipality arising out of a surviving spouses claimed pension benefits was arbitrable under the Policemen and Firemen Collective Bargaining Act where the benefit was afforded to the surviving spouse of a police officer and incorporated into the applicable collective bargaining agreement. The high court reversed and remanded.