PA Superior Court Session 12.13.16

Recorded 12-13-16 in Harrisburg. Topics include: how to reconcile separate convictions when a defendant was tried during two separate jury trials involving offenses stemming from the same crime, whether expert testimony is needed to demonstrate symptoms of marijuana use, if proof of malice must be determined to award damages in a defamation case, right to speedy trial, defendant properly invoking his right to counsel, whether carrying a knife on school grounds was for a lawful purpose, the effect of a summary conviction on a companion driving under the influence charge.

PA Supreme Court Session 12.7.16

Recorded  12-7-16 in Harrisburg. Topics include: synthetic marijuana, land obtained by a borough through eminent domain that the borough then sought to resell to a developer, workers’ compensation, an electric conduit that was damaged during municipal excavation, issue preservation in post-trial motions, and life without parole for juvenile offenders.

PA Supreme Court Session 12.6.16

Recorded 12-6-16 in Harrisburg. Topics include: attorney disbarment, death penalty, implied covenant in limited partnership agreements, hearsay evidence in preliminary hearings, commercial driver’s license lifetime disqualification, involuntary termination of parental rights, wrongful use of civil proceedings, sexual offender registration under Megan’s Law, and discharged attorney contingency fees.

PA Supreme Court Session 11.1.16

Recorded  11-1-16 in Pittsburgh. Topics include: Pittsburgh Police residency requirement, workers’ compensation total disability determination, life insurance and annuities, township boundary dispute and court determination of the mental health fitness of a mother in a child custody case.

PA Supreme Court Session 9.14.16

Recorded 9-14-16 in Harrisburg. Topics include: admissibility of confessions, mental health records expungement for purposes of firearm purchase, workers’ compensation psychological injuries, planned community land use and ownership, police dashboard camera videos and whether they are public records subject to disclosure or protected criminal history information, and warrantless blood tests and implied consent in driving under the influence cases.

PA Supreme Court Session 9.13.16

Recorded 9-13-16 in Harrisburg. Topics include: death penalty, public school funding, mandatory minimum sentences, strict liability asbestos claims, minimum staffing provision in firefighter contract, and discrimination in public transportation

PA Superior Court Session 8.2.16

Recorded 8-2-16 in Philadelphia. Topics include: Lyme Disease diagnosis and the statute of limitations to file medical malpractice; business liability; interest payments involving contract dispute and the statute of limitations; property rights & public sewer easements; and liability waiver enforceability.

PA Supreme Court Session 5.11.16

Recorded 5-11-16 in Harrisburg. Topics include: heirs to natural gas rights, Miranda rights during a recorded confession in a death penalty case, contractor payments and owner agents, teacher contract cancellation, victim impact statement admissibility, whether a school district needs to continue to make retirement payments after a charter school closes, seizure of property for drug […]

PA Supreme Court Session 5.10.16

Recorded  5-10-16 in Harrisburg. Topics include: adoption of children by grandfather, public official conflict of interest, validity of revised will and double jeopardy for criminal convictions.