Recorded 10-24-18 in Pittsburgh. Issues include: Pittsburgh police union arbitration award when a city is in financially distressed status, hearsay evidence at preliminary hearings, mortgage loan purchase during foreclosure, whether emails can be considered a work product covered by attorney-client privilege, reasonable suspicion during a police encounter that results in an arrest; juvenile life sentences […]
PA Supreme Court Session from Oct. 23
Recorded 10-23-18 in Pittsburgh. Issues include: natural gas fracking conditional use ordinance, DUI checkpoints manned by multi-jurisdictional police forces, Pittsburgh paid sick leave and safety training ordinances and whether they supersede state law, admissible of evidence of prior similar burglary, 911 emergency telephone fees and whether the county or the PA Emergency Management Agency oversees […]
PA Supreme Court Session from Sept. 26
Recorded 9-26-18 in Philadelphia. Topics include: child sex abuse grand jury report redactions, mortgage recording method, appeal denial due to a defendant being a fugitive and failing to appear, an energy company civil penalty for overcharging customers, the timeliness of a second foreclosure notice, and the maximum allowable school tax increase.
PA Supreme Court Session from Sept. 25
Recorded 9-25-18 in Philadelphia. Topics include: drug abuse during pregnancy and whether that can be classified as child abuse, death penalty, right to speedy trial, minor political parties and candidate endorsements, weekend incarceration and whether that is cause for unemployment compensation disqualification; and local government civil liability immunity.
PA Superior Court Session from July 10
Recorded 7-10-18 in Philadelphia. Issues include: attempted homicide ant proving the intent to kill, real estate developer personal liability, warrantless search of home, trust funds creation and fraud, insurance fraud burden of proof, jury selection and vehicular homicide and the standard for proving malice for a third-degree murder charge.
PA Supreme Court Session from May 17
Recorded 5-17-18 in Harrisburg. Issues include: automatic review of the death penalty conviction of Eric Frein; casino taxation and marketing fund distribution; the meaning of the words frequent and frequenting in the Liquor Code regarding minors being allowed in liquor-licensed establishments, oral lease agreements and whether an eviction notice is needed under the Landlord Tenant […]
PA Supreme Court Session from May 16
Recorded 5-16-18 in Harrisburg Issues include: Health care provider agreements and in-network Medicare pricing; vacant and abandoned building ordinances, specifically applying to windows and doors; supplemental opinions requested by Superior Court when the presiding judge had retired; nursing homes and compliance with the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, and the presentence withdrawal of […]
PA Supreme Court Session from May 15
Recorded 5-15-18 in Harrisburg. Issues include: Philadelphia sweetened beverage tax, same sex couple child custody; suppression of evidence obtained during police call to a sorority house and whether a subsequent re-entry and search was valid, school district personal injury claim, grand jury leaks regarding the Fortieth Statewide Independent Grand Jury, and liability waivers.
PA Superior Court Session from April 24
Recorded 4-24-18 in Pittsburgh. Issues include: confidential informants and whether police must take steps to corroborate their statements before obtaining a search warrant, whether resentencing on all counts should occur when an inmate has completed some of the sentences, whether a down payment and closing costs should be used to determine how real property is divided in a divorce, traffic stops and whether a police officer can rely on a speedometer as probable cause, waterways conservation officer and their ability to stop a boat to check fishing licenses and do a safety check without reasonable suspicion, and the Post-Conviction Relief Act and what steps should be taken when DNA testing casts doubt on a conviction.
PA Supreme Court Session from April 11
Recorded 4-10-18 in Pittsburgh. Issues include: Natural gas stripper well impact fees, workers’ compensation and whether it should be reimbursed from a lawsuit settlement, interference with the custody of a child and whether that supports a charge of kidnapping by a parent, exceptions to attorney-client privilege, and eminent domain when the owners of condemned parcels of land are misidentified.