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  • Trigg v. Children's Hosp. of Pittsburgh of UPMC

    Publication Date: 2020-05-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    Case Number: 20-0482

    Superior court erred in considering appellees' argument that trial court erred by not personally observing the demeanor of prospective jurors during voir dire because appellees waived the issue for appellate review by making no contemporaneous or pretrial objections to trial judge's absence. Vacated.

  • Commonwealth v. Housman

    Publication Date: 2020-04-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    Case Number: 20-0359

    PCRA court properly granted new penalty trial where trial counsel was ineffective for failing to obtain and investigate other mental health evidence and witnesses that could have led the jury to find other mitigating factors and decline to impose the death penalty. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

  • Assoc. of Pa. State Coll. & Univ. Faculties v. Pa. Labor Relations Bd.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-06
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    Case Number: 20-0360

    Since the impact of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education's protection of minors policy, requiring faculty members to submit to criminal background checks, on faculty employment conditions did not outweigh the State System's interest in protecting minors on campus, the State System was not required to bargain over this inherently managerial policy. The high court reversed the commonwealth court.

  • Commonwealth v. Housman

    Publication Date: 2020-04-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    Case Number: 20-0359

    Defendant was properly granted a new trial in the penalty phase of this capital case where trial counsel's performance during the penalty phase of his trial resulted from inattention to the mitigation evidence that was readily available to him. The high court affirmed.

  • In the Interest of: N.B.-A.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    Case Number: 20-0134

    Finding of child abuse unsupported where there was no evidence that parent knew or should have known child had been sexually abused or that stepsibling who perpetrated the abuse was a risk to the child. Order of the superior court reversed.

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  • Commonwealth v. Parrish

    Publication Date: 2020-02-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    Case Number: 20-0105

    Appellate counsel's filing of a deficient Rule 1925(b) constituted ineffective assistance of counsel and entitled appellant to reinstatement of his right to file a Rule 1925(b) statement nunc pro tunc. Case remanded.

  • Sayles v. Allstate Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-16
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    Case Number: 19-1441

    Insurance policy provisions allowing insurers to require insureds to submit to independent medical examinations to receive first-party medical benefits violated the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law and was against public policy. Matter returned to the Third Circuit.

  • Commonwealth v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2019-12-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    Case Number: 19-1413

    Firearm manufacturer's number that was scratched but still legible did not constitute violation of the statute prohibiting possession of a firearm with an altered manufacturer's number. Order of the superior court reversed, case remanded.

  • Assouline v. Reynolds

    Publication Date: 2019-12-09
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    Case Number: 19-1407

    Where plaintiff purchased a residential property at a sheriff's sale after the defendant owners failed to pay real estate taxes, the superior court erred in finding that a magisterial district judge had jurisdiction over plaintiff's action seeking possession of the property and overdue "rent" as there was no landlord-tenant relationship between these parties. The high court reversed and remanded.

  • In re: Fortieth Statewide Investigating Grand Jury

    Publication Date: 2019-12-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Privacy
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    Case Number: 19-1417

    Grand jury investigation target's disclosure of mental health treatment records to his employer, when treatment was obtained at the employer's behest, could not be construed as an implied or general release that would allow the grand jury to include information from the records in a public report. Order of the supervising judge reversed.