Category: Pennsylvania Superior Court

Kimble v. Laser Spine Inst., LLC

Were the defendants using chicanery or proper civil procedure to avoid a $10 million verdict? A patient died hours after surgery from the anesthesia at the Laser Spine Institute. The

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Commonwealth v. Harrington

This was an appeal following convictions of Hindering Apprehension or Prosecution, Firearms Not to be Carried Without a License, and Tampering With or Fabricating Physical Evidence. The Commonwealth alleged Appellant

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Commonwealth v. Nicholson

The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the trial court’s suppression of drugs. A Magisterial District Judge granted a search warrant of the defendant’s house. During the search, the police found cocaine,

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Wiley v. Brooks

A family squabble ended up as a lesson in contracts taught by the Pennsylvania Superior Court. A father gifted his daughter and son-in-law some land and funded the subdivision of

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Graves v. Graves

The Pennsylvania Superior Court confronted an issue of first impression: Whether a trial court can award custody of a child to a non-custodial parent that did not file a petition

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McDaniels v. Rutter

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Here, she almost made away with $350,000. The plaintiff and defendant were in a romantic relationship for about eight years, during which

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C.H.Z. v. A.J.Y.

Mother and Father are the parents of twin children (“the Children”). Mother has another child, A.Y., whose father died. Following A.Y.’s father’s death, the United States Social Security Administration awarded

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Salsberg v. Mann

An en banc panel of the Pennsylvania Superior Court reviewed an order from the Court of Common Pleas that granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment on a claim for

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