Sept. 13 at 12 PM: PA Supreme Court Session from Sept. 11

Recorded 9-11-19 in Philadelphia. Issues include: death sentence constitutionality under PA constitution, juvenile offender life sentence and whether resentencing to a 50-year sentence constitutes a de facto life sentence; attempted murder criminal sentencing and whether defendant was notified of enhanced sentencing provisions; whether a police-citizen encounter where a driver’s license is taken by police to […]

PA Supreme Court Session from May 16

Recorded 5-16-19 in Harrisburg. Issues include: The UPMC and Highmark consent decree and whether health network and insurance company treatment agreements can be modified; self-incriminating statements made without being Mirandized and whether evidence of a parole violation can be suppressed; crime victim restitution after bankruptcy judgment has been entered; personal injury discovery rule and statute […]

PA Supreme Court Session from May 15

Recorded 5-15-19 in Harrisburg. Issues include: adverse possession and whether property improvements to undeveloped city-owned land by a neighboring property owner constitutes ownership, search warrant execution and whether a warrant extends to shared living quarters occupied by unrelated residents; auto insurance policies with independent medical exam provisions; and commercial vehicle safety checkpoints and whether that […]

PA Supreme Court Session from May 14, 2019

Recorded 5-14-19 in Harrisburg. Issues include: auto insurance coverage; self incrimination and password-protected computer files; Right-To-Know Law financial record access; self-represented defendants and the right to cross examination a minor victim; workers’ compensation scope of employment; and what is considered the date a prior driving-under-the-influence offense within 10 years to determine enhanced sentencing, the date […]

PA Supreme Court Session from April 11, 2019

Recorded 4-11-19 in Pittsburgh. Issues include: insurance coverage of firearm shooting; land-locked property strict necessity easements; search warrants as public judicial records in the context of the 2014 Allegheny County Investigating Grand Jury; and property occupier foreclosure notice.

PA Supreme Court Session from April 10, 2019

Recorded 4-10-19 in Pittsburgh. Issues include: Minimum Wage Act and overtime calculations for salaried employees; child support nonpayment and a contempt order that included a provision for a suspended sentence; retirement beneficiary effective date when the change form is mailed and the annuitant dies occurs before it is received; DUI blood alcohol test refusal enhanced […]

PA Supreme Court Session from April 9, 2019

Recorded 4-9-19 in Pittsburgh. Issues include: jury instructions in a personal injury case; psychiatric involuntary commitment expungement; blood alcohol testing without consent while unconscious; medical malpractice; part-time borough police officer termination; and untimely appeal of estate property sale.

PA Supreme Court Session from March 5, 2019

Recorded 3-5-19 in Philadelphia. Issues include: attorney disbarment; zoning officer collective bargaining; commercial leases; social media post use for parole revocation; pig farm nutrient management zoning; municipal rights of way maintenance costs; and drug conviction increased sentences.

PA Supreme Court Session from March 6, 2019

Recorded 3-6-19 in Philadelphia. Issues include: asbestos liability apportionment; jury selection process; defamation claim and compensatory negligence; commercial real estate broker commissions.

PA Supreme Court Session 3.8.16

Recorded 3-8-17 in Philadelphia. Topics include: juvenile probation discharge, unconventional national natural gas wells drilled in a residential agricultural area, commercial and residential tax uniformity, State Police officer pension calculation, automobile search probable cause, expert testimony, autism spectrum disorder heath coverage that is administered in schools, and recusal of judges.