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A firefighter who suffered from cancer was entitled to receive retroactive workers' compensation benefits where she acted promptly in ascertaining whether her condition was related to her job.
Taxpayer, who was found to owe of a $5.8 million tax deficiency on royalties earned under a technology license agreement, waived any argument based on a prospective transfer of rights to a patent by failing to present that argument before the tax court. The high court affirmed the tax court's decision.
To form a contract, the acceptance of an offer must be unconditional, and a reply to an offer which purports to accept it but instead changes the terms of the offer constitutes a counteroffer and not an acceptance. The court denied defendant's emergency motion to enforce a settlement agreement.
Courts lacked statutory authority to direct the manner of sale of school district property and was merely limited to approving or disapproving private sale. Order of the commonwealth court reversed.
Publication Date: 2018-06-19 Practice Area:Criminal Law Industry: Court:Supreme Court Judge:Justice Saylor Attorneys:For plaintiff: for defendant: Case Number: 18-0709
Deadly weapon sentencing enhancement for motor vehicle aggravated assault conviction was inapplicable where defendant lacked specific intent to strike or threaten victim with vehicle but instead was merely criminally recklessly operating the vehicle for ordinary purposes. Order of the superior court affirmed.
Publication Date: 2018-06-19 Practice Area:Criminal Law Industry: Court:Supreme Court Judge:Justice Mundy Attorneys:For plaintiff: for defendant: 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.
Defendant asserted the statute of limitations barred plaintiff's action, but the court held summary judgment was not appropriate where the parties had a continuing contract and a factual dispute existed as to the date of the final payment.
The court denied a motion to transfer a case to arbitration where defendants had effectively chosen the judicial forum by withdrawing their preliminary objection regarding arbitration.
The proposal documents sought by petitioner, an unsuccessful bidder on a request for proposal, remained exempt from disclosure under §708(b)(26) of the Right-to-Know Law where there had been a selection of offerors but no award of contract. The appellate court affirmed.
Plaintiff's misuse of a safety harness while cutting down a tree did not serve as grounds for granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant harness manufacturer under a design defect theory because the evidence did not establish that the misuse solely caused plaintiff's accident and that an alleged design defect did not contribute. The appellate court reversed and remanded.