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  • Reuther v. Delaware County Bureau of Elections

    Publication Date: 2019-04-15
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 19-0415

    Write-in candidate's failure to timely file statement of financial interest did not require striking of candidate's name from general election ballot where the failure to file was only a fatal defect for a petitioning candidate. Order of the commonwealth court affirmed.

  • J.P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A. v. Taggart

    Publication Date: 2019-03-04
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 19-0213

    Mortgagor was required by Act 6 to send a pre-foreclosure notice to the borrower prior to filing a foreclosure complaint, even if the mortgagor had sent notice before a prior complaint that was withdrawn. Order of the superior court reversed, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Clemons

    Publication Date: 2019-02-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 19-0121

    The high court conducted an independent evaluation of the record in this capital murder case and found the evidence sufficient to prove defendant guilty of first-degree murder beyond a reasonable doubt, including specific intent, which could be inferred from his use of a deadly weapon upon a vital part of a victim's body. The high court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Crispell

    Publication Date: 2018-10-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 18-1194

    While trial counsel failed to use evidence establishing that defendant's accomplice had scratches on his body, which evidence corroborated defendant's version of events leading to the criminal charges, defendant failed to demonstrate that he would have been convicted of something less than first-degree murder if only the jury had considered this evidence. The appellate court affirmed in part.

  • Jones v. Ott

    Publication Date: 2018-09-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 18-1057

    Challenge to jury charge waived where litigant failed to obtain record ruling on proposed charge and explicitly advised trial court that litigant had no objection to jury charge given by the trial court. Order of the superior court affirmed.

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  • Commonwealth v. Clancy

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 18-1056

    The prosecutor's characterization of defendant as a "dangerous man" and a "cold blooded killer" constituted permissible, if aggressive, oratorical flair in the context of this case: therefore, defense counsel was not ineffective for failing to object to the remarks. The high court affirmed an order denying defendant post-conviction relief.

  • Commonwealth v. Barbour

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 18-0880

    The appellate court erred in finding that defendant waived his rights under rule 600 since the waiver rule set forth in Commonwealth v. Steltz is narrow in scope.. The high court reversed the appellate court's decision.

  • Commonwealth v. Chambers

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 18-0878

    The high court did not address the difficult issue of whether criminal convictions can rest upon a theory of conspiratorial liability. The high court reversed and remanded.

  • Dep't of Labor and Industry v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Bd.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-17
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 18-0837

    Commonwealth court properly held that claimant, injured while remodeling a restaurant that had not yet opened for business, was not covered by the CWMA because the CWMA referred to individuals who worked for a business entity that performed construction services and was inapplicable when the putative employer was not in the business of construction. Affirmed.

  • Walters v. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside

    Publication Date: 2018-07-10
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 18-0770

    Superior court erred in imposing a duty on staffing agency but correctly imposed duty on hospital, in negligence action brought by patients infected with hepatitis C by technician's theft of a controlled substance, refiling the syringes with saline and placing the contaminated syringes where they could be used to infect patients, because the CSA imposed a duty on hospital but not on agency to report the thefts to the DEA. Affirmed in part and reversed in part.