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The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court vacated the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review’s order dismissing Claimant’s appeal of the denial of her request to backdate her application for benefits as untimely under Section 501(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law. Claimant stated that she delayed filing her initial claim because she did not know she could file for… Continue reading Walthour v. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Rev.
This appeal involved the interaction of two federal laws: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the Bankruptcy Code. The Third Circuit held that the ACA’s shared responsibility payment is a tax “on or measured by income.” Thus, the Court joined those courts that hold the shared responsibility payment is entitled to priority… Continue reading In re Szczyporski
After the Miller and Montgomery decisions, the trial court resentenced the defendant, a juvenile lifer, to imprisonment of 55 years to life. The defendant appealed, challenging the legality of the sentence as a de facto life without the possibility of parole (“LWOP”) and the discretionary aspects of his sentence. The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed, holding… Continue reading Commonwealth v. Miller
