Category: Pennsylvania Superior Court

Commonwealth v. Moye

The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed a former juvenile lifer’s sentence in the defendant’s third direct appeal. The Court remanded the case after the defendant’s first two appeals, finding the trial

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K.D. v. E.D.

The Pennsylvania Superior Court once again found itself playing referee in a toxic family fight. The Court affirmed the lower court’s order awarding a father therapeutic supervised partial physical custody

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Morgan v. Millstone Res., LTD

The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the permanent injunction against Millstone from discharging rainwater/runoff onto the Morgans’ property. The Morgans filed a civil complaint in which they presented a claim of

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Commonwealth v. Bishop

The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed an order denying the defendant’s PCRA petition wherein he made numerous allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel. And in doing so, the Court gave a

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In re K.B.

The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the trial court’s decision that a minor was not competent to testify. Child Victim told her father that K.B. had touched her genitalia on two

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IRS v. Blue Mountain Ministry, Inc.

The Pennsylvania Superior Court clarified the difference between a judgment and a lien — and sidestepped ruling on the defendants’ claim that the IRS is a for-profit Delaware corporation, which

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Patel v. Kandola Real Estate

The Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that Appellant did not justifiably rely on representations made by Appellees. Appellee prepared a one-and-a-half-page prospectus that said a truck stop complex contained a “super volume”

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Commonwealth v. Galloway

The Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that a passenger’s nervous behavior during a routine traffic stop is sufficient to sustain an officer’s reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. A trooper stopped a

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Munoz v. Child. Hosp. of Philadelphia

The Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed the trial court’s order, which granted a nonsuit. Munoz filed a medical negligence suit against The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (“CHOP”) after his son died

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