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  • G.K. v. LaBella

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 367 WDA 2023

    Petition to strike a discontinuance of an action constituted a new matter that divested the appellate court of jurisdiction due to the pendency of the action before the trial court. Appeal quashed.

  • Commonwealth v. Garcia

    Publication Date: 2024-03-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 648 WDA 2023

    Appellant appealed his sentence following his conviction for possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Affirmed.

  • Wilson v. Smyers

    Publication Date: 2022-10-31
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 128 WDA 2022

    Trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting grandmother unsupervised partial custody of her grandchild and thoroughly considered the amount of personal contact between grandmother and grandchild prior to modification action and reserved to mother the right to determine how best to tell child the truth about his parentage. Affirmed.

  • Sichelstiel v. Sichelstiel

    Publication Date: 2022-04-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 22-0358

    Trial court erred in accepting hearing officer's recommendation that all of father's flow-through income, whether retained by the business or distributed to father, be considered for child support purposes because father was a minority owner and court should only have considered the income that was distributed to father. Vacated.

  • In re Adoption of K.M.D

    Publication Date: 2021-09-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 21-1027

    Parents challenged the termination of their parental rights and court found agency's email of the petitions to parents constituted defective service where agency did not attempt service under Pa.O.C. rule 15.6 and §2513 (b) of the Adoption Act. Order vacated.

  • Circle K, Inc. v. Webster

    Publication Date: 2021-06-14
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 21-0679

    Trial court properly granted summary judgment to husband and wife in appellant's action over its right of first refusal for a property they gifted to an inter vivos trust for $1.00 because the ROFR was not triggered. Affirmed.