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6 Sep 2018, 10:34 am by Daniel E. Cummins
.), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court clarified the steps necessary to preserve for appeal any objections with regards to the trial court’s instructions to the jury at trial. [read post]
10 Oct 2016, 6:56 pm by Daniel E. Cummins
 The Superior Court affirmed.With this latest decision in the matter, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed and held that the mandates of the Federal Arbitration Act, along with United States Supreme Court precedent, trumped the procedural mechanism found under Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 213(b). [read post]
28 Apr 2020, 12:37 pm by Andrew Hursh
” The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, however, held that there was not a taking of property. [read post]
30 Apr 2014, 5:30 am by Daniel E. Cummins
.), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that neither a subcontractor nor a subcontractor’s sole shareholder was an “independent contractor” relative to the statutory employer provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act. [read post]
18 May 2012, 10:10 am
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has issued an order stating that "Madame Justice Orie Melvin is hereby relieved of any and all judicial and administrative responsibilities as a Justice": You can access today's order of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania at this link. [read post]
30 Jul 2018, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
., July 27, 2018), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court approved the public release (with certain redactions) of a 900-page grand jury report on allegations of child sexual abuse, failure to report abuse, and other acts endangering children by persons associated with 6 Pennsylvania Catholic dioceses. [read post]
7 Mar 2022, 6:42 pm by Amy Howe
In a statement regarding the Supreme Court’s announcement that it would not rule on the merits of the case before Election Day, Justice Samuel Alito (joined by Thomas and Justice Neil Gorsuch) suggested that it was likely that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision to extend the deadline for counting ballots violated the U.S. [read post]
5 Aug 2020, 4:19 pm by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
., Dissenting), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court addressed the duty of a mental health treatment provider to warn individuals who may be the subject of their patient’s threats.According to the Opinion, a mental health patient lived in an apartment building and repeatedly told his doctors and therapist that he would kill an unnamed “neighbor. [read post]
27 Nov 2017, 5:30 am by Daniel E. Cummins
 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court noted that this was an issue of first impression in its Court.The Bristol decision reverses the Pennsylvania Superior Court's previous ruling in Hopkins v. [read post]
28 Apr 2004, 11:47 am
The US Supreme Court Wednesday upheld a Republican plan for redrawing Pennsylvania's state congressional districts following the 2000 census. [read post]
21 Aug 2020, 7:21 am
But, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently reversed (Ladd v. [read post]
22 Feb 2018, 6:43 am by Lyle Denniston
  (Pennsylvania chooses its justices for the highest court by election.) [read post]
5 Sep 2012, 1:29 pm by Daniel E. Cummins
In the one-page Order filed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justices on August 31, 2012 granting allocatur, the Supreme Court noted that it will review the issue of "whether the Superior Court’s interpretation of Pa.R.C.P. [read post]
22 Dec 2011, 6:45 am by Daniel E. Cummins
In what they termed a case of first impression, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a decison on December 21, 2011 in the case of Jones v. [read post]
19 Nov 2014, 7:41 pm by Daniel E. Cummins
Nov. 19, 2014  ), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the $500,000 statutory cap on tort claim recoveries against local governmental agencies under the Tort Claims Act, 42 Pa.C.S.A. [read post]
29 Apr 2010, 11:58 am by Daniel E. Cummins
On April 28, 2010, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court finally handed down its long awaited decision in the case of Tannenbaum v. [read post]
13 Sep 2012, 8:29 am by Legal Profession
The Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline has issued an interim order suspending Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin without pay. [read post]
5 Feb 2018, 1:49 pm by Amy Howe
The Supreme Court today declined to intervene in a partisan-gerrymandering challenge to Pennsylvania’s federal congressional maps. [read post]