• Linde v. Linde

    Publication Date: 2019-10-21
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-1241

    Trial court properly found in favor of appellee and awarded damages in her action asserting breach of fiduciary duty and civil conspiracy in majority shareholder's squeezing her out of closely held corporation because evidence supported trial court's finding that majority shareholder and key employees acted with animus in intentionally and systematically squeezing-out appellee and breached their fiduciary duty to her. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Bernard

    Publication Date: 2019-09-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-1111

    The trial court imposed upon defendant an illegal sentence for criminal attempt to deliver a controlled substance and possession with intent to deliver since the sentences should have merged because the crimes arose from the same criminal episode and one of the crimes was a lesser-included offense. The appellate court affirmed defendant's conviction but vacated his sentence and remanded for resentencing.

  • In re Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights, J.R.E.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-1080

    Trial court erred in terminating mother's parental rights because trial court made no effort to examine mother's explanation for her conduct and did not properly weigh father's lack of cooperation or reasonable accommodation in mother's efforts to maintain contact. In the circumstances of this case in which child believed stepmother was his biological mother, permanently severing mother's bond to perpetuate a relationship built on a misrepresentation did not clearly serve the long-term well-being and emotional interests of the child.

  • Commonwealth v. Kiley

    Publication Date: 2019-08-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-0988

    Since the offense of manufacturing a controlled substance contains all the elements of the offense of operating a methamphetamine laboratory, the two offenses merge for sentencing purposes and, therefore, defendant was subjected to an illegal sentence under the merger doctrine. The appellate court vacated defendant's judgment of sentence and remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Krenzel

    Publication Date: 2019-06-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-0641

    Where the arresting officer did not inform defendant of her right to refuse chemical testing and the consequences arising therefrom, as he was statutorily obligated to do, defendant did not make a knowing and conscious choice of whether to submit to a blood draw. The appellate court vacated defendant's judgment of sentence.

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  • In re: deLevie

    Publication Date: 2019-03-04
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-0232

    Trial court could permanently remove health care power of attorney upon sufficient showing that health care agent was not acting in principal's best interest with respect to the principal's medical care. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Lehman

    Publication Date: 2019-01-22
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-0061

    Criminal defendant could not be ordered to pay costs of resentencing after his original sentence was deemed unconstitutional because to do so would punish the defendant for the exercise of his constitutional rights. Judgment of sentence affirmed in part and vacated in part.

  • Brown v. Halpern, et al

    Publication Date: 2019-01-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Fee Disputes | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-0058

    The trial court properly denied a continuance, given counsel's past efforts to unnecessarily delay proceedings and the absence of a compelling argument for such relief where the moving party provided a doctor's certificate of illness that only covered the voir dire stage. The appellate court affirmed a verdict for plaintiff.

  • Brown v. Halpern, et al

    Publication Date: 2018-12-10
    Practice Area: Litigation | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 18-1492

    Plaintiff received the necessary "favorable termination" of the underlying litigation to establish defendants' liability under the Dragonetti Act where defendants withdrew their claims against plaintiff because they realized that continued litigation could subject them to Dragonetti Act liability. The appellate court affirmed a verdict for plaintiff.

  • Commonwealth v. Callen

    Publication Date: 2018-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 18-1372

    The trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to sever two criminal informations and allowing the commonwealth to try defendant in Allegheny County on charges arising from the sexual assault of three minors where the offenses did not constitute a single criminal episode. The appellate court vacated and remanded for new trials.