Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Decisions 2019

Opinions 1 - 500 of 2924

Boyd, W. v. CCP Allegheny (miscellaneous)
Date: December 31, 2019
Docket Number: 101 WM 2019
Senoski, K. v. PA Lawyers Fund (miscellaneous)
Date: December 31, 2019
Docket Number: 102 WM 2019
Lemmons, V. v. Daneri (miscellaneous)
Date: December 31, 2019
Docket Number: 105 WM 2019
Pendleton, M. v. Commonwealth (miscellaneous)
Date: December 31, 2019
Docket Number: 106 WM 2019
Commonwealth v. Coon, E. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 31, 2019
Docket Number: 108 WM 2019
Volkova, A., et al v. Superior Court (miscellaneous)
Date: December 31, 2019
Docket Number: 134 MM 2019
Commonwealth v. Dunlap, J. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 31, 2019
Docket Number: 194 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Jacobs, M. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 31, 2019
Docket Number: 201 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Chapman, S. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 31, 2019
Docket Number: 279 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Riley, N. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 31, 2019
Docket Number: 372 EAL 2019
City of Philadelphia v. H & S Auto Outlet (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 31, 2019
Docket Number: 383 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Brock, J. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 31, 2019
Docket Number: 388 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Peel, L. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 31, 2019
Docket Number: 395 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Young, D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 31, 2019
Docket Number: 419 EAL 2019
Green, N. v. WCAB (The Salvation Army) (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 31, 2019
Docket Number: 428 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Brown, J. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 31, 2019
Docket Number: 89 WM 2019
Commonwealth v. Johnson, D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 30, 2019
Docket Number: 172 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Cotton, R. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 30, 2019
Docket Number: 246 WAL 2019
Paris, L. v. Paris, E. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 30, 2019
Docket Number: 249 WAL 2019
In the Matter of: Rosendo F. Dacal (disciplinary order)
Date: December 30, 2019
Docket Number: 2671 DD3
Commonwealth v. Miller, D., II (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 30, 2019
Docket Number: 318 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Jones, E. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 30, 2019
Docket Number: 336 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Preacher, J. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 30, 2019
Docket Number: 338 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Williams, Q. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 30, 2019
Docket Number: 341 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Jones, T. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 30, 2019
Docket Number: 343 EAL 2019
Heimbach v. Amazon of: USCA, Sixth Circuit (miscellaneous)
Date: December 27, 2019
Docket Number: 124 EM 2019
ition for Permanent Assignment of Hon. Cianfrani, CCP Phila (appointment)
Date: December 27, 2019
Docket Number: 362 Judicial Classification
Adoption of: M.B.B. of: C.B. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 27, 2019
Docket Number: 374 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Fudge, D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 27, 2019
Docket Number: 422 MAL 2019
In Re: R.E.R.S. ition of: K.S., III (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 27, 2019
Docket Number: 691 MAL 2019
Schreiber h/w s. v. Hon. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 26, 2019
Docket Number: 100 WM 2019
Commonwealth v. Davis, C. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 26, 2019
Docket Number: 111 EM 2019
Dowd, D. v. Commonwealth OJR Phila. Cty. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 26, 2019
Docket Number: 122 EM 2019
Griffin, L. v. DOC et al. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 26, 2019
Docket Number: 124 MM 2019
Rose, J. v. Bank of New York Mellon (miscellaneous)
Date: December 26, 2019
Docket Number: 126 MM 2019
Commonwealth v. Schwenk, C. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 26, 2019
Docket Number: 128 MM 2019
DE Riverkeeper Newtork v Middlesex ZHB (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 26, 2019
Docket Number: 248 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Morris, D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 26, 2019
Docket Number: 411 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Fitzgerald, S. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 26, 2019
Docket Number: 426 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Sobrado-Rivera, E. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 26, 2019
Docket Number: 447 MAL 2019
Commonweatlh v. Devine, D. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 26, 2019
Docket Number: 92 WM 2019
Commonwealth v. Gregory, N. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 26, 2019
Docket Number: 97 WM 2019
Commonwealth v. Benney, R. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 26, 2019
Docket Number: 98 WM 2019
Dunbar, G. v. Hon. -- et al (miscellaneous)
Date: December 26, 2019
Docket Number: 99 WM 2019
In the Matter of: Kathleen E. Holmes (disciplinary order)
Date: December 24, 2019
Docket Number: 101 RST 2019
In the Matter of: David Secunda (disciplinary order)
Date: December 24, 2019
Docket Number: 102 RST 2019
In the Matter of: Alpa Patel (disciplinary order)
Date: December 24, 2019
Docket Number: 103 RST 2019
Commonwealth v. Kochis, S. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 24, 2019
Docket Number: 221 WAL 2019
Buchholz, B. v. Immel, C. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 24, 2019
Docket Number: 222 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Guyaux, G. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 24, 2019
Docket Number: 224 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Williams, J. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 24, 2019
Docket Number: 243 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Cogley, J. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 24, 2019
Docket Number: 247 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Turner, M. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 24, 2019
Docket Number: 288 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Scott, N. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 24, 2019
Docket Number: 348 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Poust, C. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 24, 2019
Docket Number: 357 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Landis, J. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 24, 2019
Docket Number: 381 MAL 2019
Harris, J. v. PBPP (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 24, 2019
Docket Number: 390 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. D'Adderio, K. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 24, 2019
Docket Number: 409 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Lee, R. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 24, 2019
Docket Number: 413 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Pierce, B. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 24, 2019
Docket Number: 436 MAL 2019
Marcellus Shale Coalition, Aple. v. DEP, et al. (per curiam order)
Date: December 24, 2019
Docket Number: 66 MAP 2019
Marcellus Shale Coalition v. DEP, et al., Aplts. (per curiam order)
Date: December 24, 2019
Docket Number: 68 MAP 2019
Commonwealth v. Hicks, C.R., Aplt. (per curiam order)
Date: December 24, 2019
Docket Number: 777 CAP
Commonwealth v. Bailey, M. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 23, 2019
Docket Number: 217 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. White, R. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 23, 2019
Docket Number: 270 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Addison, E. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 23, 2019
Docket Number: 330 EAL 2019
ition for Permanent Assignment of Judges Under Judicial Administration Rule 702 (appointment)
Date: December 23, 2019
Docket Number: 361 Judicial Classification
Commonwealth v. Andrews, D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 23, 2019
Docket Number: 369 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Pagan, M., Jr. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 23, 2019
Docket Number: 376 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Wildoner, G., Jr. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 23, 2019
Docket Number: 406 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Rodriguez-Cruz, A. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 23, 2019
Docket Number: 412 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Kelley, R., Jr. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 23, 2019
Docket Number: 438 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Brudie, W. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 23, 2019
Docket Number: 474 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Jeffcoat-Parker, T. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 23, 2019
Docket Number: 481 MAL 2019
In the Interest of: C.D. of: S.D. & B.D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 23, 2019
Docket Number: 738 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Alston, R. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 20, 2019
Docket Number: 375 EAL 2019
Patterson et al. v. Fidelity & Lawyers s (miscellaneous)
Date: December 20, 2019
Docket Number: 51 WM 2019
In Re: Amendment of Rule 4.2 of Code of Judicial Conduct (rules)
Date: December 20, 2019
Docket Number: 529 Judicial Administration 2019
Commonwealth v. Reber, B. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 19, 2019
Docket Number: 155 MAL 2019
ODC v. Robert J. Murphy (disciplinary order)
Date: December 19, 2019
Docket Number: 2649 DD3
Estate of Krappa v. Lyons, DO, et al (concurring)
Date: December 19, 2019
Docket Number: 323 MAL 2019
Estate of Krappa v. Lyons, DO, et al (per curiam order)
Date: December 19, 2019
Docket Number: 323 MAL 2019
In Re: Appointment to Court of Judicial Discipline (appointment)
Date: December 19, 2019
Docket Number: 819 Supreme Court Rules
In Re: Amendment of Rule 205 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement (rules)
Date: December 18, 2019
Docket Number: 192 Disciplinary Rules
Weeks, J., et al., Aplts. v. DHS (concurring)
Date: December 18, 2019
Docket Number: 22 EAP 2019
Weeks, J., et al., Aplts. v. DHS (dissenting)
Date: December 18, 2019
Docket Number: 22 EAP 2019
Weeks v. DHS (majority)  
Date: December 18, 2019
Docket Number: 22 EAP 2019

Justia Opinion Summary: Changes to the Pennsylvania Human Services Code terminated a cash assistance program for certain low-income individuals administered by the Department of Human Services ("DHS"). Appellants, being aggrieved by the…

Commonwealth v. Siderio, J. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 18, 2019
Docket Number: 379 EAL 2019
In Re: Order Amending Rules 401 and 1008 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure (rules)
Date: December 18, 2019
Docket Number: 700 Civil Procedural Rules Docket
In Re: Order Amending Rule 237.3 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure (rules)
Date: December 18, 2019
Docket Number: 701 Civil Procedural Rules Docket
Commonwealth v. Gardner, L. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 17, 2019
Docket Number: 105 MM 2019
Blake, W. v. PBPP (miscellaneous)
Date: December 17, 2019
Docket Number: 112 MM 2019
Sample, C. v. CCP Phila. Co. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 17, 2019
Docket Number: 119 EM 2019
Hall, Jr. G. v. PA DOC (miscellaneous)
Date: December 17, 2019
Docket Number: 120 EM 2019
Ryan, K. v. McMullin, D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 17, 2019
Docket Number: 242 WAL 2019
Suffolk Constr. v. Reliance Ins.; Apl of: Suffolk (dissenting)
Date: December 17, 2019
Docket Number: 40 MAP 2019
Suffolk Constr. v. Reliance Ins. (majority)  
Date: December 17, 2019
Docket Number: 40 MAP 2019

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1997, Suffolk Construction Company entered into a contract with the University of Connecticut (“UConn”) for the construction of several buildings on UConn’s campus. UConn secured insurance policies from Reliance…

Commonwealth v. Krenzel, L. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 17, 2019
Docket Number: 432 MAL 2019
Furst, S. v. Easton Area SD, et al (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 17, 2019
Docket Number: 450 MAL 2019
Hoffman v. Bayerische of: Bayerische Motoren (miscellaneous)
Date: December 17, 2019
Docket Number: 70 WM 2019
Wilkinsburg School District v. Koger, T. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 17, 2019
Docket Number: 90 WM 2019
Evans, W., Aplt. v. PBPP (per curiam order)
Date: December 16, 2019
Docket Number: 15 EAP 2019
In the Matter of: Thomas J. Maiorino (disciplinary order)
Date: December 12, 2019
Docket Number: 100 RST 2019
Commonwealth v. Zamperini, B. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 12, 2019
Docket Number: 170 WAL 2019
ODC v. Craig Cohen (disciplinary order)
Date: December 12, 2019
Docket Number: 2593 DD3
John, R. v. Phila. Pizza Team, Inc. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 12, 2019
Docket Number: 276 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Hernandez, M. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 12, 2019
Docket Number: 287 EAL 2019
Heller, M. v. PennDOT (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 12, 2019
Docket Number: 322 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Cooper, D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 12, 2019
Docket Number: 330 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Shoemaker, L. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 12, 2019
Docket Number: 340 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Watts, J. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 12, 2019
Docket Number: 384 EAL 2019
In Re: Exemption from Rules 205(B)(2) & 1205(B)(2) of Juvenile Court Procedure (rules)
Date: December 12, 2019
Docket Number: 818 Supreme Court Rules
Smith, K. v. CCP Phila. County (miscellaneous)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 103 EM 2019
Harmer, L. v. UCBR (miscellaneous)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 104 MM 2019
Doe, J. v. Greensburg Diocese, et al. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 107 WM 2019
Commonwealth v. Derry, D. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 109 MM 2019
Commonwealth v. Walters, P. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 111 MM 2019
Lee, C. v. Talaber, J., et al. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 112 EM 2019
East, A. v. CCP, et al. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 117 EM 2019
Commonwealth v. Kingwood, D. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 118 EM 2019
Johnson, A. v. CCP, Phila. Cty. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 121 EM 2019
Commonwealth v. Sample, A. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 182 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Tillman, T. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 234 WAL 2019
ODC v. Craig B. Sokolow (disciplinary order)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 2652 DD3
Bajwa, D. v. Tibin, A., et al. s. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 284 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Price, M. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 289 EAL 2019
Lynch, J. v. Zwecharowski, J. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 294 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Donahue, S. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 317 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Liebel, J. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 332 MAL 2019
Allah, M. v. PBPP (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 337 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Maven, R. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 363 EAL 2019
Supancik, K., et al. s. v. Robinson, T. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 378 MAL 2019
Supancik, K., et al. v. Robinson, T. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 401 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Reid, H. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 417 MAL 2019
In Re: Sessions of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania for the Year 2021 (rules)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 525 Judicial Administration 2019
In Re: Schedule of Holidays for the Year 2021 for Staffs of the Appellate Courts and AOPC (rules)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 526 Judicial Administration 2019
In Re: Duty Assignment Schedule for Emergency itions in the Year 2020 (rules)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 527 Judicial Administration 2019
In Re: Appointment to Orphans' Court Procedural Rules Committee (appointment)
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 816 Supreme Court Rules
Haney, C. v. WCAB (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 10, 2019
Docket Number: 155 WAL 2019
Haney, C. v. WCAB (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 10, 2019
Docket Number: 156 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Hall, E. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 10, 2019
Docket Number: 163 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Karraker, M. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 10, 2019
Docket Number: 181 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Powell, A. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 10, 2019
Docket Number: 256 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Moore, J. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 10, 2019
Docket Number: 272 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Sherrill, Sr., D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 10, 2019
Docket Number: 291 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Cespede, J. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 10, 2019
Docket Number: 298 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Crenshaw, M. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 10, 2019
Docket Number: 311 EAL 2019
In Re: Amendment of 501, 503, 504, 512, 514, 521 & 531 of Pa.R.D.E. (rules)
Date: December 9, 2019
Docket Number: 191 Disciplinary Rules
Commonwealth v. Turner, J. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 9, 2019
Docket Number: 205 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Obert, T. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 9, 2019
Docket Number: 209 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Love, R. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 9, 2019
Docket Number: 368 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Pitts, T. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 9, 2019
Docket Number: 394 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Clark, S. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 9, 2019
Docket Number: 402 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Kellam, D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 9, 2019
Docket Number: 441 MAL 2019
In the Matter of: Lauren Michelle Zitsch (miscellaneous)
Date: December 6, 2019
Docket Number: 103 WM 2019
In the Matter of: Neal J. Blaher (disciplinary order)
Date: December 6, 2019
Docket Number: 2662 DD3
Madison v. PBPP of: Fiscus (miscellaneous)
Date: December 6, 2019
Docket Number: 73 WM 2019
Commonwealth v. Medina, A. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 5, 2019
Docket Number: 100 EM 2019
Gathers, D. v. UCBR (miscellaneous)
Date: December 5, 2019
Docket Number: 101 EM 2019
Commonwealth v. Matos, J. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 5, 2019
Docket Number: 102 EM 2019
Chavis, R. v. Commonwealth (miscellaneous)
Date: December 5, 2019
Docket Number: 104 EM 2019
Commonwealth v. Enriques, V. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 5, 2019
Docket Number: 105 EM 2019
Shockley, K. v. Nguyen, L., et al. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 5, 2019
Docket Number: 106 EM 2019
Keys, J. v. CCP Phila. County (miscellaneous)
Date: December 5, 2019
Docket Number: 107 EM 2019
Commonwealth v. Starks, M. of: Wittels, B. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 5, 2019
Docket Number: 108 EM 2019
Geathers, J. v. CCP of Phila. County (miscellaneous)
Date: December 5, 2019
Docket Number: 109 EM 2019
Commonwealth v. Ziemba, C. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 5, 2019
Docket Number: 114 MM 2019
Commonwealth v. Ziemba, C. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 5, 2019
Docket Number: 115 MM 2019
Shockley, K. v. Nguyen L., et al. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 5, 2019
Docket Number: 116 EM 2019
Commonwealth v. Ziemba, C. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 5, 2019
Docket Number: 116 MM 2019
In the Interest of: M.M. of: T.S. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 5, 2019
Docket Number: 534 EAL 2019
In the Interest of: M.M. of: T.S. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 5, 2019
Docket Number: 535 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Jones, R. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 5, 2019
Docket Number: 85 WM 2019
Commonwealth v. Jones, R. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 5, 2019
Docket Number: 86 WM 2019
Commonwealth v. Holt, R. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 5, 2019
Docket Number: 87 WM 2019
Commonwealth v. Brown-Camp, B. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 5, 2019
Docket Number: 97 EM 2019
Thomas, G. v. C.C.P., Phila., et al. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 5, 2019
Docket Number: 98 EM 2019
Norman, D. v. Wall, B., et al. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 5, 2019
Docket Number: 99 EM 2019
Crouse, K., v. Page, G. (Change of Venue) (miscellaneous)
Date: December 4, 2019
Docket Number: 151 MM 2019
ODC v. Farrell, J. (disciplinary order)
Date: December 4, 2019
Docket Number: 2362 DD3
ODC v. Jeffrey S. Lisabeth (disciplinary order)
Date: December 4, 2019
Docket Number: 2670 DD3
Commonwealth v. Hancock, E. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 4, 2019
Docket Number: 271 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Murray, K. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 4, 2019
Docket Number: 373 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Franklin, V. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 4, 2019
Docket Number: 410 MAL 2019
In Re: Zeiger, C. ition of: Zeiger, D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 4, 2019
Docket Number: 416 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Ray, D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 4, 2019
Docket Number: 427 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Milligan, K. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 4, 2019
Docket Number: 478 MAL 2019
C.R. v. A.R. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 4, 2019
Docket Number: 685 MAL 2019
Wilkins, G. v. Corsetti, N. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 101 MM 2019
Martinez, G. v. CCP and Commonwealth Ct (miscellaneous)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 102 MM 2019
Commonwealth v. Patrick, J., III (miscellaneous)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 110 MM 2019
In the Matter of: Robert Toland, II (disciplinary order)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 1507 DD3
In Re: M.B. of: PA State Police (summary disposition)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 165 WAL 2018
In Re: M.B. of: M.B. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 176 WAL 2018
Commonwealth v. Allen, R. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 195 WAL 2019
In the Matter of er C. Ibe (disciplinary order)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 2028 DD3
In the Matter of: Douglas M. Mari (disciplinary order)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 2458 DD3
ODC v. Michael Joseph Savona (disciplinary order)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 2460 DD3
Commonwealth v. Noble, P. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 265 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Brown, K. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 313 EAL 2019
Allen, J. v. City of Phila., et al. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 346 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. PI DELTA PSI, Inc. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 358 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Person, D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 365 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Rhoden, M. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 368 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Craig, M. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 371 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Winston, L. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 385 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Brown, P. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 408 MAL 2019
Hudak, J. v. CCP Allegheny (miscellaneous)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 71 WM 2019
Commonwealth v. Robert K. Barger (miscellaneous)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 74 WM 2019
Commonwealth v. Labryer, L. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 75 WM 2019
Kodenkandeth, M. v. Wessel, D. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 76 WM 2019
Currence, L. v. PABPP (miscellaneous)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 77 WM 2019
Williams, K. v. Globel Tel*Link Corp (miscellaneous)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 78 WM 2019
Commonwealth v. Williams, R. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 80 WM 2019
Commonwealth v. Luckey, T. (miscellaneous)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 95 EM 2019
In the Matter of: Terri Dawn Brown (disciplinary order)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 98 RST 2019
In the Matter of: Thomas Bailey William (disciplinary order)
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 99 RST 2019
Commonwealth v. Miller, K. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: December 2, 2019
Docket Number: 357 EAL 2019
In Re: Appointment to Orphans' Court Procedural Rules Committee (appointment)
Date: December 2, 2019
Docket Number: 815 Supreme Court Rules
In Re: The 13th Cumberland County Investigating GJ (miscellaneous)
Date: November 27, 2019
Docket Number: 133 MM 2019
Commonwealth v. Davis, T. (miscellaneous)
Date: November 27, 2019
Docket Number: 68 EM 2019
Commonwealth v. Noble, R. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 26, 2019
Docket Number: 153 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Nole, J. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 26, 2019
Docket Number: 254 EAL 2019
ODC v. Anthony Charles Mengine (disciplinary order)
Date: November 26, 2019
Docket Number: 2656 DD3
ODC v. James Kevin Reed (disciplinary order)
Date: November 26, 2019
Docket Number: 2664 DD3
ODC v. Lewis P. Hannah, III (disciplinary order)
Date: November 26, 2019
Docket Number: 2666 DD3
Commonwealth v. Doll, J. of: Steve Rice (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 26, 2019
Docket Number: 285 MAL 2019
Boris, A. v. Vurimindi, V. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 26, 2019
Docket Number: 317 EAL 2019
Boris, A. v. Vurimindi, V. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 26, 2019
Docket Number: 318 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Richards, S. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 26, 2019
Docket Number: 320 EAL 2019
Hatchigian, D. v. Kaplin, Stewart, et al. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 26, 2019
Docket Number: 335 EAL 2019
In Re: D.S. ition of: D.S. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 26, 2019
Docket Number: 342 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Lopez, E. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 26, 2019
Docket Number: 350 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Green, T. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 26, 2019
Docket Number: 352 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. McCollum, N. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 26, 2019
Docket Number: 360 MAL 2019
Shelton, K. v. Patterson, A. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 26, 2019
Docket Number: 362 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Stednitz, T. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 26, 2019
Docket Number: 382 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Jones, N. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 26, 2019
Docket Number: 386 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Pelzer, K., Aplt. (concurring)
Date: November 26, 2019
Docket Number: 755 CAP
Commonwealth v. Pelzer, K., Aplt. (per curiam order)
Date: November 26, 2019
Docket Number: 755 CAP
Commonwealth v. Torsilieri, G. (miscellaneous)
Date: November 25, 2019
Docket Number: 100 MM 2019
Commonwealth v. Malone, J. a.k.a Duncan, R. (miscellaneous)
Date: November 25, 2019
Docket Number: 128 EM 2019
Hoover, T. v. PennDOT (concurring)
Date: November 25, 2019
Docket Number: 219 WAL 2019
Hoover, T. v. PennDOT (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 25, 2019
Docket Number: 219 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Hill, M. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 25, 2019
Docket Number: 351 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Rivera, R. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 25, 2019
Docket Number: 367 MAL 2019
In Re: B.M.S. of: R.A.S. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 25, 2019
Docket Number: 608 MAL 2019
Brock, J. v. Gilmore, R., et al. (miscellaneous)
Date: November 25, 2019
Docket Number: 91 EM 2019
Johnson, A. v. Garman, M., et al (miscellaneous)
Date: November 25, 2019
Docket Number: 92 EM 2019
Drain, A. v. CCP Phila. Co. (miscellaneous)
Date: November 25, 2019
Docket Number: 93 EM 2019
Morrison, K. v. Montgomery Co. CCP (miscellaneous)
Date: November 25, 2019
Docket Number: 94 MM 2019
In the Matter of: Charles Arangio (disciplinary order)
Date: November 25, 2019
Docket Number: 95 RST 2019
Betancourt, A. v. C.C.P., Phila. Cty (miscellaneous)
Date: November 25, 2019
Docket Number: 96 EM 2019
In the Matter of: Michael William Showers (disciplinary order)
Date: November 25, 2019
Docket Number: 96 RST 2019
Berrien, C. v. Parker, A. (miscellaneous)
Date: November 25, 2019
Docket Number: 97 MM 2019
In the Matter of: Gary McFaline (disciplinary order)
Date: November 25, 2019
Docket Number: 97 RST 2019
Wagner, R. v. Gould III, D., et al s (miscellaneous)
Date: November 25, 2019
Docket Number: 98 MM 2019
Coles, H. v. PBPP (miscellaneous)
Date: November 25, 2019
Docket Number: 99 MM 2019
Commonwealth v. Solomon, T. (Change of Venue) (miscellaneous)
Date: November 22, 2019
Docket Number: 137 MM 2019
In the Matter of: Timothy Robert Hough (disciplinary order)
Date: November 22, 2019
Docket Number: 2674 DD3
Adoption of: L.R., Jr. of: L.R., Sr. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 22, 2019
Docket Number: 391 WAL 2019
In the Interest of: A.R.F.H-H. of: D.H. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 22, 2019
Docket Number: 489 EAL 2019
In the Interest of: A.H. of: D.H. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 22, 2019
Docket Number: 490 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Hudson, M. (miscellaneous)
Date: November 21, 2019
Docket Number: 129 EM 2019
D.W. v. A.R. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 21, 2019
Docket Number: 498 EAL 2019
In Re: K.J.C. of: K.C. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 21, 2019
Docket Number: 550 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Williams, N. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 141 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Vazquez, H. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 145 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Kenney, E. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 174 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Massey, D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 180 WAL 2019
Estate of L. Wilson v. SERB, Aplt. (concurring)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 21 WAP 2018
Estate of L. Wilson v. State Employees' Retirement Bd. (majority)  
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 21 WAP 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: In this discretionary appeal, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court considered whether a requested change of beneficiary designation and plan option for benefits payable under the State Employees’ Retirement System (SERS) was…

In Re: Risperdal Litig., Appeal of: Saksek, J. (concurring)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 22 EAP 2018
In Re: Risperdal Litig., Appeal of: Saksek, J. (dissenting)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 22 EAP 2018
In Re: Risperdal Litig., Appeal of: Saksek, J. (majority)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 22 EAP 2018
Chevalier, T. v. General Nutrition Centers, Aplt. (concurring)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 22 WAP 2018
Chevalier, T. v. General Nutrition Centers, Aplt. (concurring/dissenting)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 22 WAP 2018
Chevalier v. General Nutrition Centers (majority)  
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Numbers: 22 WAP 2018, 23 WAP 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: In September 2013, Tawny Chevalier filed a class action complaint against General Nutrition Centers, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and General Nutrition Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (collectively GNC). The…

In Re: Risperdal Litig., Appeal of: Winter, J. (concurring)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 23 EAP 2018
In Re: Risperdal Litig., Appeal of: Winter, J. (dissenting)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 23 EAP 2018
In Re: Risperdal Litig. (majority)  
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 23 EAP 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants Jonathan Saksek and Joshua Winter challenged a superior court decision to affirm summary judgment in favor of Appellees Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Johnson & Johnson Company, and Janssen Research and…

Chevalier, T. v. General Nutrition Centers, Aplt. (concurring)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 23 WAP 2018
Chevalier, T. v. General Nutrition Centers, Aplt. (concurring/dissenting)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 23 WAP 2018
Chevalier, T. v. General Nutrition Centers, Aplt. (majority)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 23 WAP 2018
Commonwealth v. Jackson, D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 265 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Rosario, N. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 267 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Calhoun, D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 268 EAL 2019
Lawson, T., Aplt. v. Wetzel et al (per curiam order)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 27 MAP 2019
Commonwealth v. Santiago, F. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 279 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Gonzalez, A. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 281 MAL 2019
Sun West Mortgage v. Sanders, A. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 332 EAL 2019
US Airways, et al, Aplts. v. WCAB (Bockelman) (concurring)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 35 WAP 2018
US Airways, et al. v. WCAB (Bockelman) (majority)  
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 35 WAP 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal involved an airline employee who was injured while riding an airport shuttle bus to an employee parking lot after her shift ended. The question before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court was whether the employee’s…

Sutton, K et al v. DOC; Apl of Sutton (dissenting)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 4 MAP 2019
Sutton v. Dept. of Corr. (majority)  
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 4 MAP 2019

Justia Opinion Summary: In February 2018, a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections prison guard died after an inmate attacked him and kicked him in the head with Timberland boots. Later that month, the Department suspended commissary sales of…

Assouline v. Reynolds (majority)  
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 5 WAP 2019

Justia Opinion Summary: In this discretionary appeal, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court addressed whether a magisterial district court had jurisdiction over a case proceeding under the Landlord and Tenant Act, where the plaintiff was the purchaser…

Commonwealth v. Davis, J., Aplt. (dissenting)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 56 MAP 2018
Pennsylvania v. Davis (majority)  
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 56 MAP 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2014, agents of the Office of Attorney General (“OAG”), as part of their investigation of the electronic dissemination of child pornography, discovered that a computer at an identified Internet Protocol (IP) address…

Sayles, S. v. Allstate Ins Co., Aplt. (concurring)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 58 MAP 2018
Sayles, S. v. Allstate Ins Co., Aplt. (dissenting)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 58 MAP 2018
Sayles. v. Allstate Ins Co. (majority)  
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Numbers: 58 MAP 2018, 59 MAP 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: This matter came from two separate lawsuits commenced in the Pennsylvania courts of common pleas which were subsequently removed to federal district courts on the basis of diversity jurisdiction, and thereafter…

Scott, W. v. Travelers Ins Co., Aplt. (concurring)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 59 MAP 2018
Scott, W. v. Travelers Ins Co., Aplt. (dissenting)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 59 MAP 2018
Scott, W. v. Travelers Ins Co., Aplt. (majority)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 59 MAP 2018
Smith, K., Aplt. v. Wolf, T., et al. (per curiam order)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 6 EAP 2019
Commonwealth v. Mock, M., Aplt. (dissenting)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 68 MAP 2018
Pennsylvania v. Mock (majority)  
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 68 MAP 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Michael Mock was convicted for a 2006 DUI on March 27, 2007. More than ten years after committing this offense, but roughly nine years following his conviction, Appellant committed another DUI on July 10, 2016.…

Commonwealth v. Smith, S., Aplt. (concurring)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 73 MAP 2018
Commonwealth v. Smith, S., Aplt. (dissenting)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 73 MAP 2018
Pennsylvania v. Smith (majority)  
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 73 MAP 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2016, Pennsylvania State Police troopers initiated a traffic stop of a vehicle driven by Appellant Shane Smith based on their observation that the license plate was not illuminated, a violation of the Motor Vehicle…

In Re: 40th IGJ of: R.M.L. (dissenting)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 85 WM 2018
In Re: 40th IGJ of: R.M.L. (majority)  
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 85 WM 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal, the issue presented for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s consideration was a question of whether excerpts from the mental health treatment reports of Petitioner, a Roman Catholic diocesan priest, which…

In the Matter of: Stephen Christopher Depman (disciplinary order)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 93 RST 2019
In the Matter of: Jennifer Anne Dollinger-Woods (disciplinary order)
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Number: 94 RST 2019
CAL U v. Gideon Bradshaw (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 19, 2019
Docket Number: 199 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Outerbridge, E. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 19, 2019
Docket Number: 208 EAL 2019
Stein, M. v. Grabowski, R. s. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 19, 2019
Docket Number: 218 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. erson, D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 19, 2019
Docket Number: 233 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Yingling, D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 19, 2019
Docket Number: 241 WAL 2019
City of Phila. v. Silverberg, et al. s. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 19, 2019
Docket Number: 345 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Alford, M. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 19, 2019
Docket Number: 386 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Green, A. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 19, 2019
Docket Number: 405 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Kohr, D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 19, 2019
Docket Number: 407 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Ellison, K. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 19, 2019
Docket Number: 418 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Santiago, K. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 19, 2019
Docket Number: 471 MAL 2019
Seels, R. v. Tenet Health System, et al. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 19, 2019
Docket Number: 484 EAL 2017
In Re: Amendment of Rules 219(d)(2), (f), (h)(2), (j)(1) and (2), and (k) of PaRDE (rules)
Date: November 18, 2019
Docket Number: 190 Disciplinary Rules
Commonwealth v. Hudson, W. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 18, 2019
Docket Number: 208 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Satchell, M. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 18, 2019
Docket Number: 314 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Cordova, V. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 18, 2019
Docket Number: 385 MAL 2019
In the Matter of: William E. Harris (disciplinary order)
Date: November 18, 2019
Docket Number: 91 RST 2019
In the Matter of: Kristen Maria Powell (disciplinary order)
Date: November 18, 2019
Docket Number: 92 RST 2019
Pliska v. Diocese of Scranton, et al (miscellaneous)
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 119 MM 2019
M. Heil & K. Heil v. Diocese of Scranton, et al (miscellaneous)
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 120 MM 2019
Patchcoski v. Diocese of Scranton, et al (miscellaneous)
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 121 MM 2019
M.A. & H.A. v. Diocese of Scranton, et al (miscellaneous)
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 122 MM 2019
John Doe v. Diocese of Scranton, et al (miscellaneous)
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 123 MM 2019
Commonwealth v. Solomon (miscellaneous)
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 137 MM 2019
ODC v. Glenn D. DeSantis (disciplinary order)
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 2653 DD3
In Re: B.P. of: L.P. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 375 WAL 2019
In the Matter of: S.P.M. of: G.M., III (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 521 MAL 2019
Gardner, S. v. CCP Butler (miscellaneous)
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 65 WM 2019
Commonwealth v. Shears, D. (miscellaneous)
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 68 WM 2019
Iacovino, D v I.R.S. Production etc. (miscellaneous)
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 69 WM 2019
Commonwealth v. Boyd, W. (miscellaneous)
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 72 WM 2019
Commonwealth v. Thomas, R. (miscellaneous)
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 79 WM 2019
Coll v. Duru of: RC Diocese (miscellaneous)
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 81 WM 2019
D.A.L. v. RC Diocese of: RC Diocese (miscellaneous)
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 82 WM 2019
Smith, M. v. RC Diocese of: RC Diocese (miscellaneous)
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 83 WM 2019
A.Y.G. v. RC Diocese of: RC Diocese (miscellaneous)
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 84 WM 2019
Asbee, D. v. Diocese of Harrisburg, et al (miscellaneous)
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 96 MM 2019
Commonwealth v. Greenawalt, L. - (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 14, 2019
Docket Number: 183-190 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Washington, P. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 14, 2019
Docket Number: 297 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Newman, D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 14, 2019
Docket Number: 303 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Gardner, J. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 14, 2019
Docket Number: 335 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Murphy, B. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 14, 2019
Docket Number: 344 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Jenkins, D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 14, 2019
Docket Number: 349 MAL 2019
Massi, J., Aplt. v. City of Chester, et al (per curiam order)
Date: November 14, 2019
Docket Number: 38 MAP 2019
Vey, E. v. Torsella, J., Treasurer (miscellaneous)
Date: November 14, 2019
Docket Number: 47 WM 2019
Gray, L. v. PBPP (miscellaneous)
Date: November 14, 2019
Docket Number: 48 WM 2019
Miller, J. v. PBPP (miscellaneous)
Date: November 14, 2019
Docket Number: 60 WM 2019
Commonwealth v. Cotton, R. (miscellaneous)
Date: November 14, 2019
Docket Number: 61 WM 2019
Commonwealth v. White, M. (miscellaneous)
Date: November 14, 2019
Docket Number: 63 WM 2019
Veltre, J. v. Westmoreland CCP (miscellaneous)
Date: November 14, 2019
Docket Number: 64 WM 2019
Commonwealth v. Edwards, R. (miscellaneous)
Date: November 14, 2019
Docket Number: 66 WM 2019
Commonwealth v. Richardson, J. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 13, 2019
Docket Number: 187 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Rollins, R. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 13, 2019
Docket Number: 207 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Blake, R. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 13, 2019
Docket Number: 220 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Williams, R. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 13, 2019
Docket Number: 283 EAL 2019
DeBellis, G. v. WCAB (Dermatology, LTD) (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 13, 2019
Docket Number: 321 EAL 2019
Keller, D. v. The Bank of NY Mellon (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 13, 2019
Docket Number: 363 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Grays, R. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 13, 2019
Docket Number: 371 MAL 2019
In Re: Reappointments to CLE Board (appointment)
Date: November 13, 2019
Docket Number: 812 Supreme Court Rules
In Re: Reappointments to Continuing Judicial Education Board of Judges (appointment)
Date: November 13, 2019
Docket Number: 813 Supreme Court Rules
In Re: Appointment to Orphans' Court Procedural Rules Committee (appointment)
Date: November 13, 2019
Docket Number: 814 Supreme Court Rules
Commonwealth v. Thompson, D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 12, 2019
Docket Number: 421 MAL 2019
City of Harrisburg v. Prince (majority)  
Date: November 12, 2019
Docket Number: 62 MAP 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: In February 2015, Appellant Joshua Prince (“Prince”) submitted a Right to Know Law (RTKL) request to the City of Harrisburg seeking records related to the Protect Harrisburg Legal Defense Fund (the “Fund”), which the…

In the Matter of: Stephen T. Martin (disciplinary order)
Date: November 12, 2019
Docket Number: 90 RST 2019
In the Matter of: Cheri S. Williams Robinson (disciplinary order)
Date: November 8, 2019
Docket Number: 2650 DD3
In the Matter of: David W. Harris III (disciplinary order)
Date: November 8, 2019
Docket Number: 2658 DD3
ODC v. Mark T. Pilon (disciplinary order)
Date: November 8, 2019
Docket Number: 2668 DD3
In the Matter of Neil I. Mittin (disciplinary order)
Date: November 8, 2019
Docket Number: 2669 DD3
In the Int. of: S.S.W. of: R.W. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 8, 2019
Docket Number: 578 MAL 2019
In the Int. of: S.S.W. of: A.M. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 8, 2019
Docket Number: 579 MAL 2019
In Re: Financial Institutions Approved as Depositories for Fiduciary Accounts (rules)
Date: November 7, 2019
Docket Number: 187 Disciplinary Rules
Commonwealth v. Kennedy, D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 6, 2019
Docket Number: 166 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Lee, D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 6, 2019
Docket Number: 192 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Coates, W. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 6, 2019
Docket Number: 213 WAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Mallory, B. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 6, 2019
Docket Number: 227 EAL 2019
631 N. Broad St. v. Cong. Rodeph Shalom (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 6, 2019
Docket Number: 228 EAL 2019
PSECU v. Stuski, M. and Bond, C. s. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 6, 2019
Docket Number: 241 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Carr, R. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 6, 2019
Docket Number: 242 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Torres, Y. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 6, 2019
Docket Number: 244 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Stevenson, D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 6, 2019
Docket Number: 250 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Gans, K. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 6, 2019
Docket Number: 270 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Sawyer, A. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 6, 2019
Docket Number: 270 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Lawson, W. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 6, 2019
Docket Number: 295 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. White, A., Jr. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 6, 2019
Docket Number: 306 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Taylor, P., Aplt. (affirmance, evenly divided court)
Date: November 6, 2019
Docket Number: 767 CAP
Commonwealth v. Taylor, P., Aplt. (per curiam order)
Date: November 6, 2019
Docket Number: 767 CAP
In the Matter of: Robert Nam Su Kim (miscellaneous)
Date: November 6, 2019
Docket Number: 96 WM 2019
Commonwealth v. Butler, A. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 5, 2019
Docket Number: 168 WAL 2019
Commnwealth v. Bethea, H. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 5, 2019
Docket Number: 258 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Barrett, D. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 5, 2019
Docket Number: 306 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Edwards, A. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 5, 2019
Docket Number: 316 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Danzey, S. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 5, 2019
Docket Number: 326 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Cephus, J. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 5, 2019
Docket Number: 346 MAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Rodgers, G. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 5, 2019
Docket Number: 355 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Buhrman, S. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 5, 2019
Docket Number: 389 MAL 2019
In Re: K.E.S., M.D.S. & J.L.J. of: T.S. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 5, 2019
Docket Number: 548 MAL 2019
In the Interest of: A.H. ition of: J.K. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: November 5, 2019
Docket Number: 571 MAL 2019
In the Matter of: Sharon Lea Webber (disciplinary order)
Date: November 5, 2019
Docket Number: 89 RST 2019
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: November 4, 2019
Docket Number: 2582 DD3
ODC v. Allan Jeffrey Sagot (disciplinary order)
Date: November 4, 2019
Docket Number: 2667 DD3
In Re: Order Approving the Amendment of Pennsylvania Rule of Evidence 902 (rules)
Date: November 4, 2019
Docket Number: 809 Supreme Court Rules
LWV, et al v. Boockvar; Apl of Moore, et al - (dissenting)
Date: November 4, 2019
Docket Number: 83 & 84 MAP 2019
LWV, et al v. Boockvar; Apl of Moore, et al - (per curiam order)
Date: November 4, 2019
Docket Number: 83 & 84 MAP 2019
ODC v. Robert Charles Cordaro (disciplinary order)
Date: November 1, 2019
Docket Number: 2663 DD3
Yanakos, C., et al, Aplts. v. UPMC, et al (concurring/dissenting)
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 10 WAP 2018
Yanakos, C., et al, Aplts. v. UPMC, et al (dissenting)
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 10 WAP 2018
Yanakos. v. UPMC, et al (majority)  
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 10 WAP 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: Susan Yanakos suffered from a genetic condition called Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD). In the summer of 2003, one of Susan’s physicians, Dr. Amadeo Marcos, advised her that she needed a liver transplant due to the…

Gochin, D, Aplt. v. Judicial Conduct Board et al (per curiam order)
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 22 MAP 2019
Commonwealth v. Olson, J., Aplt. (concurring)
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 26 WAP 2018
Commonwealth v. Olson, J., Aplt. (dissenting)
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 26 WAP 2018
Pennsylvania v. Olson (majority)  
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 26 WAP 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: Jeffrey Olson entered an open guilty plea to one count of driving under the influence of alcohol, general impairment (“DUI”) in September 2015. This was Olson’s third DUI offense, and, at the time, he was subject to a…

In the Matter of: Jeffrey Marc Benjamin (disciplinary order)
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 2631 DD3
ODC v. Jason M. Purcell (disciplinary order)
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 2651 DD3
Commonwealth v. ers, A., Aplt. (concurring)
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 29 EAP 2018
Pennsylvania v. Peters (majority)  
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 29 EAP 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: At issue before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in this matter was whether a criminal defendant’s conviction of carrying a concealed firearm without a license could be sustained on a constructive-possession theory where…

2014 Allegheny County IGJ Apl of: WPXI (dissenting)
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 30 WAP 2018
2014 Allegheny County IGJ Apl of: WPXI (majority)  
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 30 WAP 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: In a case of first impression, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court considered whether either the common law or the First Amendment conferred a qualified right of access to the press and the public to inspect certain search…

Grove, J., Aplt. v. Port Authority (concurring)
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 31 WAP 2018
Grove, J., Aplt. v. Port Authority (dissenting)
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 31 WAP 2018
Grove, J., Aplt. v. Port Authority (majority)
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 31 WAP 2018
Grove, J., Aplt. v. Port Authority (concurring)
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 32 WAP 2018
Grove, J., Aplt. v. Port Authority (dissenting)
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 32 WAP 2018
Grove v. Port Authority of Allegheny County (majority)  
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 32 WAP 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Joan Grove was awarded a jury verdict of $250,000.00 in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, in a personal injury action against Appellee, Port Authority of Allegheny County. On appeal, the…

Commonwealth v. Hays, K., Aplt. (concurring)
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 36 MAP 2018
Commonwealth v. Hays, K., Aplt. (dissenting)
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 36 MAP 2018
Pennsylvania v. Hays (majority)  
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 36 MAP 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2014, Pennsylvania State Police Troopers conducted a traffic stop after observing Appellant Kirk Hays fail to use his right turn signal and then twice cross over the white fog lines on the roadway. Upon interaction…

Dunbar, G., Aplt. v. Wetzel, J., et al (per curiam order)
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 37 MAP 2019
In Re: Estate of Krasinski, S. Apl of: Dunzik (concurring)
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 40 WAP 2018
In Re: Estate of Krasinski, S. Apl of: Dunzik (majority)
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 40 WAP 2018
In Re: Estate of Krasinski, S. Apl of: Dunzik (concurring)
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 41 WAP 2018
In Re: Estate of Krasinski (majority)  
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 41 WAP 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: Decedent Sophia Krasinski died testate in 2006. The primary assets of her estate included three parcels of real estate. The Executor was one of the Decedent’s four children, who also included Eleanor Krasinski, James…

Bartkowski, T. v. Ramondo, K., Aplt. (concurring/dissenting)
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 60 MAP 2018
Bartkowski, T. v. Ramondo, K., Aplt. (dissenting)
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 60 MAP 2018
Bartkowski v. Ramondo (majority)  
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 60 MAP 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: Kenneth and Theresa-Ramondo purchased a property in Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1991 known as a “flag lot:” a narrow strip (the “pole”) that connected the main portion to a public street. The Ramondo pole extended…

Murphy, C., Aplt v. Pennsylvania State Police (per curiam order)
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 9 WAP 2019
Shockley, K. v. Nguyen, L., et al. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: October 30, 2019
Docket Number: 185 EAL 2019
Commonwealth v. Matthews, J. (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Date: October 30, 2019
Docket Number: 218 EAL 2019
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