• In re R.M.

    Publication Date: 2002-02-25
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    Date Filed: 2002-02-21
    Court: Pa. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Mr. Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 71 MAP 2001

    SUBMITTED: October 15, 2001OPINIONThis case concerns the constitutional requirement of notice in connection with an adjudication of dependency under the Juvenile Act, as well as the necessity fo

  • City of Easton v. American Fed. of State, Local and Mun. Employees

    Publication Date: 2000-08-25
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    Date Filed: 2000-08-21
    Court: Pa. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Nigro, Cappy, Zappala, and Saylor, Justices.
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    Case Number: 123 M.D. Appeal

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. MAJORITY OPINIONAt issue in the instant appeal is whether the Commonwealth Court erred in affirmingthe decision of

  • Harleysville Insurance Companies v. Aetna Casualty and Surety Insurance Co.

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
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    Date Filed: 2002-04-24
    Court: Pa. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Mr. Justice Cappy
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    Case Number: 62 WAP 2001

    ARGUED: March 5, 2002OPINIONIn this insurance coverage dispute, Appellant The Harleysville Insurance Companies ("Harleysville") and Appellee Aetna Casualty and Surety Insurance Company ("Aetna")

  • Vlasic Farms, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board

    Publication Date: 2001-07-27
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    Date Filed: 2001-07-25
    Court: Pa. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Mr. Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 59 E.D. App. Dkt

    Argued: October 16, 2000OPINIONPresently before the Court is the issue of whether mushroom harvesters are agricultural laborers and, as such, excluded from coverage under the Pennsylvania Labor

  • Naylor v. Township of Hellam

    Publication Date: 2001-06-22
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    Date Filed: 2001-06-20
    Court: Pa. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Mr. Justice Zappala
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    Case Number: 240 M.D. Appeal

    ARGUED: May 1, 2000OPINIONThis appeal presents the issue of whether a municipality may enact a temporary moratorium on certain types of subdivision and land development while the municipality re

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  • Rohm and Haas Co. v. Continental Casualty Co.

    Publication Date: 2001-10-29
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    Date Filed: 2001-10-18
    Court: Pa. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Mr. Chief Justice Flaherty
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    Case Number: Nos. 7 and 8 E.D

    ARGUED: October 17, 2000OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURTThis is an appeal by allowance from the judgment of the superior court reversing the trial court's grant of judgment notwithst

  • Banks Eng'g Co., Inc. v. Polons

    Publication Date: 2000-07-12
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    Date Filed: 2000-06-23
    Court: Pa. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Justices ZAPPALA, NIGRO, SAYLOR and Chief Justice FLAHERTY
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    Case Number: [J-157-1998]

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. OPINIONMR. JUSTICE ZAPPALA DECIDED: JUNE 23, 2000This is an action by a corporation to recover the differenc

  • Manzetti v. Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh

    Publication Date: 2001-07-23
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    Date Filed: 2001-07-18
    Court: Pa. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Mr. Justice Cappy
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    Case Number: 53 WAP 2000

    ARGUED: March 5, 2001OPINIONWe granted allocatur to determine whether the trial court correctly granted partial summary judgment in the instant matter on the basis that the immunity provisions o

  • Zieber v. Bogert

    Publication Date: 2001-06-22
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    Date Filed: 2001-06-19
    Court: Pa. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Mr. Justice Zappala
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    Case Number: 30 EAP 2000

    ARGUED: January 29, 2001OPINIONThis appeal presents the issue of whether a plaintiff in a medical malpractice action may introduce, as an element of damages, evidence regarding his increased ris

  • Southard v. Temple University Hospital

    Publication Date: 2001-10-02
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    Date Filed: 2001-09-26
    Court: Pa. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Mr. Justice Cappy.
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    Case Number: 22 EAP 2000

    ARGUED: January 29, 2001OPINIONWe granted allocatur limited to the issue of whether the doctrine of informed consent requires surgeons to advise their patients of the Food and Drug Administratio