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22 Jan 2014, 11:13 am by Daniel E. Cummins
A split Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a ruling on January 21, 2014 in the case of Lance v. [read post]
23 Mar 2016, 1:37 pm by Daniel E. Cummins
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to review an important voir dire issue in the case of Shinal v. [read post]
In what appears likely to be the final chapter in a long-running "reverse" filial support case in Pennsylvania, a unanimous Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled on April 26, 2019 that Pennsylvania statutory law applies to determine the liability of older New... [read post]
17 Nov 2014, 6:54 am by Daniel E. Cummins
   In Bractic, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court clarified the standard for showing that a Plaintiff’s choice of venue was “vexatious and oppressive. [read post]
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s review comes after the Pennsylvania Superior Court overturned decades of precedent and decided the rule of capture did not apply to fracking wells. [read post]
22 Sep 2011, 6:36 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
Place (The Pennsylvania State University) has posted Closing Direct Appeal to Ineffectiveness Claims: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court's Denial of State Constitutional Rights on SSRN. [read post]
16 May 2023, 10:12 am by Howard Bashman
“Races for 4 court seats, including 1 on Supreme Court, lead statewide Pennsylvania primary ballots”: Marc Levy of The Associated Press has this report. [read post]
21 Jan 2014, 4:55 pm by Daniel E. Cummins
After a UIM arbitration panel awarded the injured party plaintiff a UIM recovery that only considered the defendant tortfeasor driver's liability limits in terms of any offset, the UIM carrier litigated the issue up the appellate ladder to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. [read post]
14 Jan 2003, 1:17 pm
[JURIST] In a 5-4 split on Tuesday the US Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of a Pennsylvania man who had been tried twice for the same offense. [read post]
10 Apr 2018, 5:00 am by Daniel E. Cummins
.), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that the Superior Court erred in reversing a trial court’s award of quantum meruit damages to a predecessor law firm because the successor counsel received and retained a benefit from predecessor counsel’s work, thereby entitling the predecessor counsel to some payment. [read post]
28 Feb 2008, 11:38 am
Brickbats to Bexis, then.Yesterday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court entered an order, accepting allocatur (that's Pennsylvanian for "appeal") to answer the following question:"Whether this Court should apply §2 of the Restatement (Third) of Torts in place of §402A of the Restatement (Second) of Torts. [read post]
9 Mar 2011, 5:17 am
A little more than a year ago I criticized the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (highest court) for its decision in the case of Nationwide v. [read post]
15 Feb 2023, 10:57 am
   Although the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in the previous case of Gallagher v. [read post]
4 Dec 2007, 11:10 am
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently ordered Philadelphia to approve the zoning for a casino. [read post]
19 Nov 2014, 7:22 pm by Daniel E. Cummins
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has released its much anticipated products liability decision in Tincher v. [read post]
31 Mar 2020, 4:25 am by Erin McCarthy Holliday
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Pennsylvania filed an emergency petition to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday seeking the release of some in the Commonwealth’s county jails—what the petition argues is a necessary measure to allow jails space to follow CDC-recommended safe social distancing practices to prepare for COVID-19. [read post]
23 Jul 2021, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
., July 21, 2021), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in a 5-2 decision held that the statute of limitations bars a suit against the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown and its bishops for their role in covering up and facilitating a series of sexual assaults by plaintiff's childhood priest. [read post]