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  • Commonwealth v. Butler

    Publication Date: 2018-08-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
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    Case Number: 18-0943

    The trial court properly found that police demonstrated reasonable suspicion that criminal activity was afoot based in part on information received from an informant who implicated himself in criminal activity when he told police he would drive his son to purchase heroin from two individuals. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • In the Interest of A.J.K.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-03
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
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    Case Number: 18-0794

    Trial court properly terminated father's parental rights because Department of Human Services presented clear and convincing evidence for termination under §§2511(a)(1), (2), (5) and (8) where the record supported the factual findings that father did not have the capacity to parent the child and that termination was in the child's best interests. Affirmed.

  • S.S. v. K.F.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
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    Case Number: 18-0764

    Trial court abused its discretion in ordering children to remain enrolled in a school district where neither parent lived and ordering the parties to pay the resulting tuition because neither parent requested or expected that result when mother filed a relocation petition and the trial court made little inquiry into the parties' financial situations. Vacated and remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Gould

    Publication Date: 2018-05-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
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    Case Number: 18-0628

    Search by parole agent valid where agent personally observed and had third-party information providing reasonable suspicion defendant possessed contraband or evidence of parole violation, and where agent's search was intended to uncover parole violations rather than investigate penal code violations. Judgement of sentence affirmed.

  • Vinson v. Fitness & Sports Clubs, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-05-22
    Practice Area: Contracts | Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
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    Case Number: 18-0612

    Trial court properly dismissed appellant's claims against her fitness club for her slip and fall injury because her claims were barred by the exculpatory clause in the membership agreement she had signed. Affirmed.

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  • P.J.P. v. M.M.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
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    Case Number: 18-0568

    Petition to modify custody properly denied where court found maintenance of mothers primary physical custody warranted where she fostered the childs relationship with father and where the parties had a high-conflict relationship that would make shared physical custody untenable. Order of the trial court affirmed.