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  • Velasquez v. Miranda

    Publication Date: 2024-09-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
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    Case Number: 108 MAP 2023

    Trial court had jurisdiction to issue predicate findings for special immigrant juvenile status when making a custody determination that granted sole custody to one parent. Order of the superior court reversed and remanded.

  • Pugh v. CHHS Hosp. Co., LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-09-13
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Fletman
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    Case Number: 01768

    The court granted plaintiff's motion for class certification pursuant to Pa. R. Civ. P. 1710 with respect to claims for violation of the Philadelphia Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards Ordinance.

  • Spinelli v. Fallon

    Publication Date: 2024-09-13
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Lane
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    Case Number: 892 EDA 2023

    Court erred in dismissing fiduciary action under the doctrine of lis pendens where plaintiff's separate pending objections to her guardian's accounting involved different claims and parties. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • Angels of Care by TLM, LLC v. Dep't of Human Serv.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-13
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
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    Case Number: 390 C.D. 2023

    Petitioner sought review of an administrative order adopting an administrative law judge's recommendation and dismissing as untimely its appeal from certain agency actions. The court affirmed, holding that by merely asserting lack of notice below, petitioner failed to overcome the presumption of service under the mailbox rule and demonstrated no basis for nunc pro tunc relief after its failure to timely appeal the disputed agency decisions. The court held further that petitioner waived its various arguments by failing to present them,

  • Commonwealth v. Dunmore

    Publication Date: 2024-09-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 511 EDA 2023

    Commonwealth appealed the trial court's order granting appellee's motion to dismiss charges due to a violation of his speedy trial rights. The court vacated the order and remanded for trial, holding that appellee suffered no speedy trial violation when two periods of excludable delay were included in the timeline between Commonwealth's filing of charges and appellee's scheduled trial date.

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  • Commonwealth v. Taylor-Dixon

    Publication Date: 2024-09-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
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    Case Number: 1244 WDA 2023

    Defendant appealed from the trial court's judgment of sentence entered on his conviction of resisting arrest. The court affirmed, holding that evidence of defendant's vigorous physical resistance when being detained by police supported his conviction for resisting arrest where defendant's behavior plainly subjected the officers to a risk of serious bodily injury.

  • United States v. Hughes

    Publication Date: 2024-09-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Bibas
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    Case Number: 22-1756

    Appellant's convictions of two Hobbs Act robberies and two gun charges pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) were affirmed despite a finding that the district court erred in giving a jury instruction that an attempted Hobbs Act robbery was a crime of violence.

  • Wraith v. Wayfair, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-12
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Hardiman
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    Case Number: 23-2400

    Gilbert Wraith, a former warehouse associate with defendant Wayfair, Inc., appealed the summary judgment entered in favor of Wayfair.

  • United States v. Puccio

    Publication Date: 2024-09-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Jordan
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    Case Number: 23-2260

    Matthew Puccio, a sales representative for Rep Network, appealed his conviction for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, arguing that the district court erred in instructing the jury on willful blindness and in applying a managerial role enhancement under Sentencing Guideline § 3B1.1.

  • McAvoy v. Dickinson Coll.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-06
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Chagares
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    Case Number: 23-2939

    College's in-depth investigation of sexual assault claim supported the reasonableness of going three times over the standard investigation period, demonstrating that college did not act with deliberate indifference in violation of Title IX. Judgment of the district court affirmed.