Recorded 5-13-20 via Webex. Topics include: variable electric generation supplier rates and whether an electric power generator overcharged customers for electricity during the polar vortex; fire company liability for water damage due to a clogged drain at a preschool; and electric utility corporate restructuring and whether PPL needed a new certificate of public convenience.
PA Supreme Court Session from March 11
Recorded 3-11-20 in Philadelphia. Issues include: municipal authority abstentions during voting; parental substance abuse allegation and urine testing; cell phone tower maintenance agreements; auto insurance broker fees; adult child estate and dependency determination
PA Supreme Court Session from March 10
Recorded 3-10-20 in Philadelphia. Issues include: concealed firearm definition; out-of-state resident medical liability jurisdiction; homeowners insurance replacement cost provision; pa human relations commission filing timeliness; out-of-state father adoption consent; driver’s license suspension reporting delay; and snow tubing injury liability.
Nov. 27 at 12 PM: PA Supreme Court Session from Nov. 21
Recorded 11-21-19 in Harrisburg. Issues include: repair adequacy auto insurance claim; attorney malpractice and disbarment; deputy sheriff motorist stop for expired registration leading to discovery car was stolen; discrimination claim and sovereign immunity; police officer termination for public policy violation; and restitution orders imposed after sentencing. Watch on PCN on Nov. 27 at 12 PM.
PA Supreme Court Session from Nov. 20
Recorded 11-20-19 in Harrisburg. Issues include: double jeopardy and retrial due to prosecutor misconduct; revocation of street time for parole violations; sexually violent child involuntary outpatient treatment; sexually violent predator lifetime registration; sexual offender registration retroactivity; independent contractor unemployment compensation tax payments and attorney discipline for issuing a grand jury subpoena to a lawyer without […]
PA Supreme Court Session from Nov. 19
Recorded 11-19-19 in Harrisburg. Issues include: police social media monitoring records disclosure; workers’ compensation disability status; DUI probation revocation for new drunk driving offense; self incrimination of juvenile sentenced as adult involving not admitting to guilt; workplace discrimination filing procedure; admissibility of out-of-state police recording of murder suspect.
PA Superior Court Session from Oct. 31, 2019
Recorded 10-31-19 in Philadelphia. Issues include: fire engine siren excessive sound exposure; post-conviction relief jurisdiction and whether the newly-discovered facts exception should apply; leased communications facility tenant access; sex offender registration retroactivity; and out-of-state sex offender registration.
Oct. 18 at 1 PM: PA Supreme Court Session from Oct. 15
Recorded 10-15-19 in Pittsburgh. Issues include: cellular network operator public utility definition; jury selection for cause challenge procedure; confidential informant use to help acquire search warrant; off-duty police pay rate on mandatory work days; and a new trial granted by court in professional negligence case.
Oct. 19 at 4 PM: PA Supreme Court Session from Oct. 16
Recorded 10-16-19 in Pittsburgh. Issues include: psychiatric patient threat duty to warn; cash assistance program elimination; sexually violent predator classification and lifetime registration; pesticide exposure liability scientific evidence; and criminal trial harmless error burden of proof.
Sept. 14 at 2 PM: PA Supreme Court Session from Sept. 12
Recorded 9-12-19 in Philadelphia. Issues include: natural gas fracking mineral rights; higher education faculty background checks and whether it’s a collective bargaining issue or managerial prerogative; school bus video open records request under Right-to-Know Law; psychiatrist-patient privilege, the harmless error doctrine and what is exempt from disclosure under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act; […]