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13 Dec 2011, 4:00 am by Trusts EstatesProf
On August 21, 2009, I blogged about a Superior Court of Pennsylvania case entitled In re Estate of Sauers, 971 A.2d 1265 (Pa. [read post]
21 Mar 2018, 6:12 pm by Daniel E. Cummins
(Op. by Musmanno, J.), the Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that social media posts are inadmissible in criminal cases unless prosecutors can present evidence of who actually authored the commentary.The court ruled in this fashion after noting that social media accounts can be easily hacked or faked. [read post]
8 Dec 2010, 5:00 am
Purchase was the first Pennsylvania lawyer to argue before an en banc Superior Court panel in Philadelphia on November 18, 2010 in In Re: Estate of Daniel L. [read post]
2 Oct 2019, 5:30 am by Daniel E. Cummins
   Upon further appeal, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in this decision concluded that the Superior Court had erred in remanding the case for a new trial on damages given that, under the “general-verdict rule” adopted by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in the case of Halper v. [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 2:03 pm by Daniel E. Cummins
As the writer of the amicus brief on behalf of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute in favor of the defense position, I just received notification from the Pennsylvania Superior Court that the Re-Argument en banc in the case of Barrick v. [read post]
21 Sep 2016, 5:00 am by Daniel E. Cummins
.), the Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that a trial court erred by not entering a JNOV in favor of a defendant on the Plaintiff's intentional infliction of emotional distress claim.This case arose out of incidents related to the termination of the Plaintiff from his employment.The Superior Court noted that the Plaintiff failed to present expert medical testimony at trial in support of the intentional infliction of emotional distress which… [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 6:58 am by Daniel E. Cummins
  Here's the more detailed Tort Talk post on that case: http://www.torttalk.com/2011/06/pennsylvania-superior-court-affirms.html [read post]
19 Feb 2018, 4:30 am by Daniel E. Cummins
”  Op. at p. 28.Anyone wishing to review the Pennsylvania Superior Court’s decision in Tincher may click this LINK.Commentary:  In this new decision, the Superior Court makes clear that the Azzarello analysis and, therefore, any jury charge based upon that case, has been expressly “disapproved” by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. [read post]
8 Apr 2014, 6:30 am by Daniel E. Cummins
March 12, 2014) (en banc), the Pennsylvania Superior Court addressed the issue of the allegedly improper denial of the Plaintiff’s strikes for cause during jury selection after the seating of potentially prejudiced jurors following the exhaustion of a party’s peremptory challenges. [read post]
5 Aug 2016, 5:00 am by Daniel E. Cummins
[Non-precedential], the Pennsylvania Superior Court again affirmed that the statute of limitations for a uninsured motorist claim was four (4) years. [read post]
5 Apr 2011, 11:59 am by Daniel E. Cummins
Holy Spirit Hospital case before an En Banc Superior Court Panel. [read post]
11 Nov 2009, 1:16 pm
In Pennsylvania's 2009 Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2009, voters interested in elder, estate, trust or other fiduciary matters should note (and hopefully vote for) two highly qualified Common Pleas judges with extensive Orphans' Court experience who are candidates for Superior Court -- Judge Anne E. [read post]
19 Jul 2017, 11:31 am by Daniel E. Cummins
.), the Superior Court granted a defendants' motion seeking judgment notwithstanding the verdict with regard to the punitive damages award under a rationale that the trial court improperly allowed the Plaintiff to reinstate a punitive damages claim after the expiration of the statute of limitations.In so ruling, the Pennsylvania Superior Court overturned a $38.5 million punitive damages verdict awarded to the families of two employees who… [read post]
19 Sep 2013, 5:30 am by Daniel E. Cummins
The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently issued a "non-precedential" Opinion in the limited tort case of Cadena v. [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 12:50 pm by Daniel E. Cummins
In so ruling, the Pennsylvania Superior Court also refused to follow the prior decision of the Middle District Federal Court of Pennsylvania in the case of Unitrin Auto & Home Ins. [read post]
8 Nov 2016, 12:44 pm by Adam R. Long
  The Pennsylvania Superior Court has issued a decision that affirmed that the employer at issue violated the Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law (WPCL) by requiring employees to accept their wages on a payroll debit card, rather than in cash or by check. [read post]
23 May 2012, 6:28 pm by Schachtman
Over two years ago, I wrote about a curious decision by the Pennsylvania Superior Court, in Betz v. [read post]
23 Aug 2017, 11:26 am by Daniel E. Cummins
" Pennsylvania Law Weekly (August 22, 2017).For a review of a prior decision by the Pennsylvania Superior Court in the same case on the same issue click this LINK to go to that Tort Talk post. [read post]