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Trial court properly found that arbitration award reinstating teacher terminated for sexually harassing a co-teacher violated the public policy against sexual harassment because teachers sexually explicit comments were a continuous and ongoing problem, he did not accept responsibility for his behavior when confronted about it and made the comments in front of students. Affirmed
Where the court entered judgment in favor of plaintiff and against defendant after holding a bench trial, defendant could not argue that the judgment morphed into a judgment upon default due to two misleading scrivener errors entered on the docket. The court denied defendants petition to open a judgment in plaintiffs favor.
Defendant waived his claim that the trial court abused its discretion in failing to apply the use, as opposed to the possession, of a deadly weapon sentencing enhancement in violation of the parties plea agreement by failing to present it in a post-sentence motion or lodge any objection during his sentencing hearing. The court affirmed defendants judgment of sentence.
Juvenile court erred in ordering treatment for sexual delinquent act, where no evidence supported juvenile courts finding that appellant failed to admit his wrongdoing in prior treatment or that the lack of such admission negatively impacted his rehabilitation. Adjudication of delinquency reversed.
Court granted defendant universitys motion to dismiss fired professors pre-termination procedural due process claim because it was time-barred but denied the motion to dismiss professors post-termination due process claim.
Publication Date: 2017-10-10 Practice Area:Criminal Law Industry: Court:Superior Court Judge:Judge Shogan Attorneys:For plaintiff: for defendant: Case Number: 17-1543
Trial court properly found appellant guilty of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer when she drove off after officer told her to pull over because appellants argument that a pursing police officer applied to both fleeing and attempting to elude lacked merit since the statute was clear and unambiguous. Affirmed.
The commonwealth could offer the testimony of an accounting expert in case involving alleged theft by skimming since his comparison of cash-to-check ratios over time to investigate the alleged theft was a generally accepted methodology in the relevant field of accounting. The court denied defendants motion to preclude expert testimony.
The defendant general contractor was immune from suit as a statutory employer where it was responsible for the overall construction project since the fact that it did not perform concrete work did not preclude a finding that such work was part of defendants regular business. The court granted defendants motion for summary judgment.
Trial court did not err in applying lower insurance policy limit under each occurrence limit, though not referenced by the policy, where the only reasonable interpretation was for each occurrence to mean the lower each common cause limit referenced in the policy. Order of the trial court affirmed.
The county was required to provide copies of requested records under the Right to Know Law where the requesting party sufficiently identified the records requested, and the documents constituted financial records under the statute.