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  • December 17, 2014 |

    Brown v. Candelora

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Brown v. Candelora708 A.2d 104Superior Court of Pennsylvania.Robert BROWN and Joann Brown, His Wife,…

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  • January 17, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Index Issue -- Cases By Name

    -A- Adamski v. Allstate Insurance Co., PICS Case -1821 (Pa. Commw. Sept. 22, 1999) Tamilia, J. (21 pages). 22 PLW 1188 10/4/99. Agster v. Barmada, PICS Case

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  • February 4, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Insurance

    An insurer's failure to schedule an independent medical exam for one of its underinsured claimants, coupled with a low offer to settle, amounted to bad faith claims handling, the S

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  • July 17, 2006 |

    Splitting Siblings

    In a custody matter, when is the child's preference controlling? Can a court make a custody decision that will split siblings? According to the Superior Court, writing in Saintz v. Rinker, P

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  • February 6, 2002 |

    Punitives, Fees Upheld in Bad Faith Lawsuit

    Low settlement offer hurt insurer's caseAn insurer's failure to schedule an independent medical exam for one of its underinsured claimants, coupled with a low offer to settle, am

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  • Benson v. Patterson

    Publication Date: 2001-08-14
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    Date Filed: 2001-08-13
    Court: Pa. Super. Ct.
    Judge: Ford Elliott, J.
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    Case Number: 1001 Middle Dist

    � 1 This is an appeal from an order of the orphan's court of Dauphin County dismissing appellants' complaints for support. For the following reasons, we affirm.� 2 The facts of the case are not in

  • June 19, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Mental Health Exam Refusal Can Still Affect Custody Rights

    Although the state Supreme Court has ruled recently that parents do not have to submit to mental-health testing in dependency cases, the Superior Court has said the refusal to unde

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  • Duchess v. Langston Corp.

    Publication Date: 2001-04-24
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    Date Filed: 2001-04-19
    Court: Pa. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Mr. Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 37 W.D. Appeal D

    [J-27-00]Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court entered 3/16/98 at No. 157 PGH 1997 reversing the Judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County entered 1/17/97 at No. 91-5179 Civi

  • Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. McBurrows

    Publication Date: 2001-06-05
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    Date Filed: 2001-05-31
    Court: Pa. Super. Ct.
    Judge: Orie Melvin, J.
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    Case Number: 2207 EDA 1999

    �1 In this prosecution for murder in the first degree, the Commonwealth has appealed from the Order which granted in part the defense's omnibus pre-trial motion to suppress the testimony of the Appell

  • December 25, 2000 |

    Court Gives a Second Chance to Appeals Dismissed Under Rule 218

    The Superior Court has reversed a common pleas court in two cases for abusing its discretion by using Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 218 to dismiss appeals. The rule states th

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