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The Legal Intelligencer

Estate of Kiefner, PICS Case No. 16-0905 (Pa. Super. July 8, 2016) (memorandum) Bender, P.J. (13 pages).

Orphans' court erred in dismissing daughters' petition challenging father's will that disinherited them and gave the entire estate to his nephew because orphans' court was incorrect in refusing to allow medical records from a hospice, regarding decedent's state of mind 10 days before the will was signed, into evidence on the bald assertion that the evidence was hearsay. Vacated.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

STATE V. SCHARF

State-of-Mind Hearsay May Be Admitted to Rebut Accident Defense
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Trial Judge Clarifies Do's and Don'ts of Med Mal Discovery

An Allegheny County trial judge has clarified his own 2009 decision on what is permissible in medical malpractice discovery, holding that it did not bar plaintiffs lawyers from utilizing materials like patient's slides and X-rays to jog a defendant doctor's memory regarding treatment, but it did place restrictions on questioning a treating doctor about the standard of care.
11 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

New Book Asserts Michael Skakel Was Framed for Moxley Murder

Author Robert F. Kennedy Jr. believes his cousin never got a fair shot, and that the media fueled the interest in the case solely because Skakel was related to the Kennedy family dynasty.
13 minute read

New York Law Journal

USA v. Jacobs

Grant of Prosecution's Motion in Limine In Case Against Tax Preparer Explained
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Packer, PICS Case No. 16-0864 (Pa. Super. July 6, 2016) Ott, J. (19 pages).

Evidence was sufficient to prove appellant acted with actual malice for a homicide by vehicle while DUI where appellant "huffed" an aerosol can multiple times immediately prior to and while driving. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Unsealed NYPD Documents Reveal New Information in Shooting Case

A federal judge has declined New York City's request to seal a "letter of instruction" placed in the file of a police lieutenant involved in the fatal shooting by officers of a mentally disturbed man.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

USA v. Faux

Statements' Suppression Vacated; Interview While Search Warrant Executed Not 'Custodial'
3 minute read

The Recorder

Joshua Tree Downtown Business Alliance v. County of San Bernardino (Dynamic Development, LLC)

5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Wilson, PICS Case No. 16-0866 (Pa. Super. July 6, 2016) Lazarus, J. (33 pages).

Testimony about a deceased person's presence with the victim at the time of the shooting was not an attempt to admit evidence that he was an eyewitness to appellant shooting the victim. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
6 minute read

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