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  • Commonwealth v. Rivera

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Brobson
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    Case Number: 22 MAP 2022

    Eliciting testimony regarding defendant's post-arrest silence usually constituted prejudicial error warranting a new trial since defendants could not be penalized for exercising constitutional right to silence. Order of the superior court vacated in part, case remanded for new trial.

  • Alpini v. Workers' Comp. Appeal Bd.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-12
    Practice Area: Labor Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Brobson
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    Case Number: 2 MAP 2022

    Claimant appealed an order of the Commonwealth Court affirming a Workers' Compensation Appeal Board decision that authorized an employer to subrogate its payment of Heart and Lung Act benefits against a claimant's third-party settlement with Dram Shop Act defendants. The court reversed.

  • Commonwealth v. Koger

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
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    Case Number: 15 WAP 2022

    Sentencing court was not required to expressly impose specific conditions of parole for a defendant to be found in violation of parole after violating conditions were explained to the defendant by the county parole officer. Order of the superior court reversed in part, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Armolt

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
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    Case Number: 86 MAP 2021

    Adult criminal court could exercise jurisdiction over individual 21 or older for crimes they committed as a juvenile, since it would be the only court that could try such individuals. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Rosario

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
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    Case Number: 3 WAP 2022

    Commonwealth appealed superior court's ruling that parole board had exclusive jurisdiction over appellee's parole and trial court erred in revoking it and court concluded the clear language of 42 Pa.C.S. §9771 explicitly forbade anticipatory revocation of a probation sentence that had not yet started. Affirmed.

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  • S. Bethlehem Assocs., LP v. Zoning Hearing Bd. of Bethlehem Twp., Pennsylvania

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
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    Case Number: 41 MAP 2022

    Appellant appealed a decision of the Commonwealth Court holding that appellant lacked standing to seek judicial review of a variance decision of a local zoning board. The court affirmed.

  • 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.

  • Brown v. City of Oil City

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Construction | State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    Case Number: 6 WAP 2022

    Contractor could be held liable for poor workmanship that caused a dangerous or defective condition of property, even though the contractor no longer had possession of the property, the dangerous condition was known to the property owner, and the hazard was open and obvious to third parties. Order of the commonwealth court affirmed.

  • Javitz v. Luzerne County

    Publication Date: 2023-05-29
    Practice Area: Whistleblower Laws
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohoe
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    Case Number: 85 MAP 2021

    Commonwealth court erred and misapplied the law when it concluded appellant's evidence in her whistleblower complaint was merely her perception of antagonistic conduct and court found appellant provided evidence of facts supporting an inference of a pattern of post-reporting antagonism that culminated in her discharge. Vacated and remanded.

  • Franczyk v. The Home Depot, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-15
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 11 WAP 2022

    Defendants, an employer and two of its store supervisors, appealed a Superior Court order affirming the trial court's denial of their motion for summary judgment, which asserted the exclusivity provision of the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act. The court reversed.