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27 Jan 2009, 11:46 am
California Supreme Court opinion implementing Atkins Oklahoma court develops Atkins procedures [read post]
26 Mar 2009, 8:58 am
[JURIST] The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania [official website] on Thursday ordered [text, PDF] hundreds of juvenile convictions to be overturned and records to be expunged without hearing pursuant to the recommendation of a Special Master [text, PDF], in an attempt to rectify "the alleged travesty of juvenile justice" committed by two state judges involved in an alleged kickback scheme. [read post]
22 Oct 2020, 5:39 am
See Op. at p. 36-37.In favoring the Plaintiffs' position, as it has been wont to do, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected a more narrow analysis of the jurisidictional issue as such a contrary view "could unnecessarily restrict access to justice for plaintiffs. [read post]
5 Nov 2020, 10:27 pm
That’s not happening right now in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, one of a handful of states that elect state Supreme Court justices in partisan elections. [read post]
29 Oct 2020, 10:32 am
In the Pennsylvania case, the Court rejected a request by Pennsylvania Republicans to expedite (and consider before the election) their challenge to a ruling by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court requiring election officials to count mail-in ballots received within three days after Election Day. [read post]
23 Dec 2020, 5:13 am
.), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court addressed the standards for when the sudden emergency defense should be applied in a motor vehicle accident case.In his Majority Opinion, Justice Wecht noted that Pennsylvania law “recognizes that sometimes injurious accidents are not caused by carelessness, but because events conspire to create a situation so urgent and unexpected that the person alleged to be blameworthy had little or no practical opportunity to… [read post]
20 Nov 2015, 5:14 am
[JURIST] The Pennsylvania Supreme Court [official website] on Wednesday upheld [opinion, PDF] a state law [Act 47] that bars an individual front bringing a "wrongful birth" lawsuit. [read post]
3 Jul 2013, 1:05 pm
Beyond that is at the discretion of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the highest Court in the State. [read post]
17 Mar 2010, 8:31 am
In an Order handed down yesterday, March 16, 2010, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted allocatur in the case of Gillard v. [read post]
22 Dec 2014, 6:00 am
Stated otherwise, as the Plaintiffs were not the party who retained the expert, they were not required by the applicable Rules to secure a Certificate of Merit relative to their pursuit of a negligence claim against the engineer.Overall, the Supreme Court reversed the Superior Court and remanded for further proceedings.Anyone wishing to review the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's majority Opinion decision in the Bruno v. [read post]
2 Oct 2019, 5:20 am
., Dissenting), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that new stacking waivers are required whenever an insured increases the UM or UIM coverage on an existing policy.Since the carrier did not secure a new waiver of stacking form from the insured in this case, the insured was entitled to receive stacked UIM coverage following an accident.Anyone wishing to review Justice Wecht's Majority Opinion may click this LINK.Chief Justice Saylor's… [read post]
20 Nov 2019, 7:30 pm
The Plaintiff’s bar scored yet another victory at the Pennsylvania Supreme Court level with decision issued by the court in the combined matters of Sayles v Allstate, No. 58 MAP 2018 (Pa. [read post]
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Splits On Extension of Tort of Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress
1 Jan 2012, 6:37 pm
The recent December 22, 2011 split decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in the long-anticipated Opinion in the case of Toney v. [read post]
30 Dec 2014, 5:41 am
"State Supreme Court Justice Stevens confirms run for seat": Today's edition of The Standard Speaker of Hazleton, Pennsylvania contains an article that begins, "Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Correale F. [read post]
6 Jul 2021, 8:23 am
Ultimately, the case came before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the highest court in Pennsylvania. [read post]
31 Oct 2014, 3:00 am
Justices Deny Appeal in Juror Bias Med Mal Case," the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has issued an Order declining to entertain the appeal from the 6-2 en banc Superior Court decision in the case of Cordes v. [read post]
25 Apr 2018, 3:11 am
On April 25, 1906, future Supreme Court Justice William J. [read post]
10 Dec 2021, 1:51 pm
— A statewide mask mandate for Pennsylvania schoolchildren was thrown out by the state Supreme Court on Friday, raising the prospect that at least some students in the state may soon be allowed to attend classes without a face covering. [read post]
14 Jul 2021, 5:42 am
Justice James Wilson—one of the Founding Fathers and key delegates from Pennsylvania at the Constitutional Convention—missed a Supreme Court term to avoid going to jail. [read post]
31 Jan 2012, 6:22 pm
I winced this morning when former Pennsylvania Governor, Democrat Ed Rendell, said that he hoped the Supreme Court majority that had decided the Citizens United case was paying close attention to the corrosive influence of super-pacs in the Republican primary. [read post]
