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Morley v. Collazzo, PICS Case No. 16-0937 (Pa. Super. July 14, 2016) (memorandum) Jenkins, J, (14 pages).

By | August 02, 2016
EVIDENCE
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The Legal Intelligencer

Court Had Power To Reopen Case Over Car's 'Black Box' Data

A divided state Supreme Court has ruled that a judge overseeing a nonjury homicide by vehicle case had the discretion to call for additional evidence about the vehicle's "events data recorder"—akin to an airplane's "black box"—even though closing arguments had already taken place and neither party initially sought to introduce the additional evidence.
8 minute read

The Recorder

People v. Jackson

By | August 01, 2016
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Attorney-Client Privilege and Related Common Interest Doctrine

In his Evidence column, Michael J. Hutter discusses the Court of Appeals' holding in 'Ambac Assurance Corp. v. Countrywide Home Loans,' which, he writes, "rejected substantial contrary precedent in a persuasive and forceful manner such that it may well serve as the intellectual leadership for courts nationally which will be addressing the issue for the first time or revisiting it."
23 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Stine, PICS Case No. 15-0930 (Pa. Super. July 18, 2016) Platt, J. (9 pages).

The trial court properly admitted the results of a liquid chromatography test for the presence of controlled substances in appellant's blood, where the law did not statutorily proscribe the types of testing approved for controlled substance testing as the law did for blood alcohol testing. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Morley v. Collazzo, PICS Case No. 16-0937 (Pa. Super. July 14, 2016) (memorandum) Jenkins, J, (14 pages).

Trial court properly granted summary judgment to appellee when appellant sued her for defamation and abuse of process after she filed a Protection from Abuse petition against him based on the letters with naked pictures of her he sent to her employer; trial court properly found that appellee's statements in the PFA proceeding were relevant and material to the petition. Affirmed.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Bernstein Announces Plan to Step Down as Judge

Common Pleas Court Judge Mark Bernstein, who has handled many of the First Judicial District's high-impact tort cases and has staked out a reputation as a leading authority on Pennsylvania evidence, has announced his plan to retire from the bench.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court Had Power to Reopen Case Over Car's 'Black Box' Data

A divided state Supreme Court has ruled that a judge overseeing a nonjury homicide by vehicle case had the discretion to call for additional evidence about the vehicle's "events data recorder"—akin to an airplane's "black box"—even though closing arguments had already taken place and neither party initially sought to introduce the additional evidence.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

What Falls Under 'Privileged' in Workers' Comp Cases

Before Alexander Hamilton became famous as the breakout star of a hit Broadway musical celebrating his rise from a penniless immigrant to a player of wealth and influence during the Revolutionary War, he was largely reviled as a political figure whose philosophy and actions favored the wealthy and powerful at the expense of the majority of the new nation's population. This was crystallized in his proposal for the Bank of the United States, which was to be located in our own Philadelphia and supreme over state and local banks, including those in agrarian and newly developing southern and western regions.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Causation Expert Cleared in First Tylenol MDL Case

A general causation expert for the plaintiff in the bellwether case of Tylenol has been approved by the court to testify that acetaminophen can cause liver damage.
9 minute read

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