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  • Commonwealth v. Seladones

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 377 MDA 2023

    Trial court erred in sentencing defendant at a third-degree felony grading for theft by unlawful taking where there was no finding by the jury or admission in open court by defendant as to the value of the stolen items. Judgment of sentence vacated, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Pridgen

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 78 MDA 2023

    Although PCRA court neglected to address defendant's claims of ineffectiveness against current PCRA counsel, defendant was not prejudiced where his primary claims of ineffective assistance by his initial PCRA counsel decades ago did not meet any of the timeliness exceptions. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

  • Weatherholtz v. McKelvey

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 190 MDA 2023

    Trial court erred in entering a protective order under the Protection of Victims of Sexual Violence or Intimidation Act because appellee's petition was filed after the six-year statute of limitations had run and was barred by the statute. Reversed.

  • Stop Blight Inc. v. Dinardo

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Non-Profit | Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 251 WDA 2022

    Appellant appealed the trial court's order sustaining intervenor's preliminary objections and dismissing appellant's property conservatorship action. The court affirmed, holding that the property at issue was subject to a pending foreclosure action, and thus was not susceptible to conservatorship, where a mortgage lender renewed its efforts to obtain a sheriff's sale on the property seven months after the borrower's bankruptcy case was dismissed.

  • Betz v. UPMC Pinnacle W. Shore Hosp.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-02
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 1123 MDA 2022

    Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error Act's whistleblower protections did not preclude a hospital from taking steps to determine the identify of the author of an anonymous report made under the patient safety plan, where hospitals were not "appropriate authorities" bound to protect whistleblower identities under the act. Order of the trial court affirmed.

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  • Edenfield v. ECM Energy Serv., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Advertising | Energy | Software
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 999 MDA 2022

    Court could not compel foreign corporation no longer doing business in the state to produce corporate books and records not physically located in the state, even though electronically stored records might theoretically be accessible from the state. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Rondon

    Publication Date: 2023-07-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 511 MDA 2022

    Trial court was not obligated to secure bondsman's written reaffirmed consent where trial court had initially forfeited defendant's bail due to the trial court's error.

  • Commonwealth v. Corson

    Publication Date: 2023-07-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 929 MDA 2022

    Appellant appealed the trial court's imposition of judgment on his convictions of multiple counts of driving under the influence and summary offenses. The court vacated the judgment of sentence and convictions and remanded for further proceedings.

  • Budai v. Country Fair, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 461 WDA 2022

    Plaintiffs who alleged retailer's technical violations of federal Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act without some other personal, substantial, and immediate harm could not establish standing under Pennsylvania law. Order of the trial court reversed, case dismissed.

  • Galette v. NJ Transit

    Publication Date: 2023-04-10
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government | Transportation
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 2210 EDA 2021

    Trial court properly refused to dismiss plaintiff's automobile accident negligence action against defendant on sovereign immunity grounds and court found the action posed no threat to the sovereign dignity or the treasury of the state of New Jersey and defendant was not an arm of the state. Affirmed.