• June 24, 2005 | The Recorder

    AG Looks Into Sonoma Judge's DUI Arrest

    The state attorney general's office said Thursday it is investigating the drunken driving arrest of a Sonoma County Superior Court judge known for being tough on DUI defendants.Judge E

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  • November 29, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Silence Still Golden for Nontestifying Defendants

    Prosecutors may not use nontestifying defendants' pre- Miranda silence as substantive evidence of their guilt, a sharply split state Superior Court has ruled. The en banc panel, ruli

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  • July 8, 2002 | Legal Times

    Business From Behind Bars

    Convicted armed robber Grady Howie was about 12 months into his six- to 18-year sentence at Lorton Correctional Complex in August 2000 when he was stabbed in the back by another inmate.Howie

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  • Allen v. Mellinger

    Publication Date: 2001-11-27
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    Date Filed: 2001-11-20
    Court: Pa. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Mr. Justice Zappala.
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    Case Number: Nos. 44 and 45 M

    ARGUED: November 15, 1999OPINIONIn this appeal, we re-examine the interplay between the procedural rule governing delay damages in civil actions (Pa.R.C.P. 238) and the statutory provisions gove

  • November 12, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Pa. Judge: Testimony by Expert Doesn't Measure Up to 'Frye'

    A Philadelphia judge found an expert's testimony inadmissible in a medical malpractice case because the methodologies he used "appear to be nothing more than a few anecdotal references and a c

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  • Marken v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District

    Publication Date: 2012-01-24
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    Date Filed: 2012-01-24
    Court: C.A. 2nd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Trygstad, Schwab & Trygstad, Richard J. Schwab, Lawrence B. Trygstad, Daniel�J. Kolodziej and Lillian Kae, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo, James Baca, Elizabeth Zamora-Mejia, and Heather A. Dozier, for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. B231787

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 960 ARI MARKEN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SANTA MONICA-MALIBU UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRIC

  • Gattis v. Snyder

    Publication Date: 2002-01-28
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    Date Filed: 2002-01-24
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Becker, Chief Judge.
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    Case Number: 99-9006

    Argued: July 12, 2001OPINION OF THE COURTThis is a death penalty appeal which presents, inter alia, a question as to the method of dealing with a mixed motive Batson challenge. Robert Allen Gatt

  • February 7, 2009 | The Associated Press

    Pa. GOP endorses Melvin for state high court

    HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Superior Court Judge Joan Orie Melvin won a four-way contest for the Republican State Committee's endorsement for an opening on Pennsylvania's highest court. The co

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  • November 5, 2012 | Daily Report Online

    Judge Glanville gets promotion to general

    Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville, currently deployed to Afghanistan as a member of the U.S. Army Reserve, has been promoted to brigadier general. During a ceremony at

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  • May 11, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Panel Says Excess Liability Insurance Offsets UIM Benefits

    The state Superior Court has ruled that benefits collected under a tortfeasor's umbrella insurance policy can offset the amount of recoverable underinsured motorist benefits. The court let s

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