Category: Pennsylvania Superior Court

Moyer v. Leone

The Pennsylvania Superior Court dealt with an unfortunate confluence of a hyper-litigious party and two parents who could not resolve their disagreements over custody of their infant child. Before the

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In re N.B.

This appeal was about responsibility for the payment of an alcohol monitoring device. In a dependency matter, the trial court ordered Bucks County Children and Youth Social Services (CYS) to

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Kuar v. Singh

The appellant challenged a protection from abuse (PFA) order that compelled him to avoid a particular temple on Sundays when his ex-wife worshiped there. He claimed that the PFA unlawfully

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Commonwealth v. Parson

While on probation, Parson was pulled over, arrested for possessing a gun, and charged. While a suppression motion pended, the VOP court conducted a Gagnon II hearing, overruling the defense

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McLaughlin v. Nahata

A woman received a $17m verdict after two physicians catastrophically injured her. The physicians caused the injuries in the scope of their employment. They were employed by two agencies: the

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Commonwealth v. Lee

The Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that a juvenile adjudication of delinquency for DUI qualifies as a first offense for sentence enhancement purposes. While she was on probation for her guilty

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Commonwealth v. Lowmiller

The Pennsylvania Superior Court gave a rare rebuke of prior bad acts evidence in a sexual assault case. The 29-year-old defendant was charged with friending a 14-year-old girl on Facebook

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El-Gharbaoui v. Ajayi

The Pennsylvania Superior Court dealt with the aftermath of a construction project gone wrong for a mixed-use property. The plaintiff sued under the Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act, 73 P.S.

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Perelman v. Perelman

The Pennsylvania Superior Court dealt with an issue of first impression: Does Rule 1.6 of the Rules of Professional Conduct create a “self-defense” exception to the attorney-client privilege and the

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