The Superior Court held that a commercial umbrella policy’s follow-form endorsement did not transform third-party liability coverage into first-party UIM coverage.
In a published opinion, the Commonwealth Court reversed dismissal of UC appeals where incarceration prevented timely receipt of agency determinations.
The Superior Court held that alleged RESPA servicing violations do not create an affirmative defense to foreclosure and clarified borrower standing to contest assignments.
The Commonwealth Court held that Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act did not prevent the Parole Board from denying street-time credit after a parolee’s third drug-related DUI.
The Superior Court vacated a custody order that effectively permitted relocation to New Jersey because grandparents with custody rights received no notice that relocation would be reconsidered.
In a precedential ruling, the Superior Court held that an objection to an unreasonably delayed probation-revocation petition does not implicate sentence legality and can be waived.
The Commonwealth Court upheld Act 111’s impairment-rating framework against retroactivity, nondelegation, and legislative-procedure challenges and affirmed modification to partial disability.
The Commonwealth Court required the zoning board to decide whether the property itself created unnecessary hardship or whether the developer’s chosen 64-home plan created the need for steep-slope relief.
The Commonwealth Court held that every Phase I homeowner was indispensable to an action seeking to void a deed governing shared common areas because the requested relief would alter their property rights.
The Commonwealth Court held that a trial court’s termination of a dormant license appeal was void because the docket contained no Rule 230.2 notice of intent to terminate, and ordered a prompt merits decision.
The Commonwealth Court held that the Parole Board timely conducted a revocation hearing after a federal prisoner returned to Pennsylvania custody and had no duty to seek an earlier interstate transfer.
The Superior Court reversed a 13-year-old’s residential placement because the juvenile court focused on firearm possession without adequately weighing his individualized needs and the availability of intensive in-home treatment.
The Superior Court held that SORNA II’s nonpunitive Subchapter I requires registration by an offender who began lifetime registration under Megan’s Law II, even though his offense predated Pennsylvania’s registration statutes.
The Commonwealth Court held that minor wording changes to an advertised zoning amendment did not require a new hearing and could not support a challenge filed almost four years after enactment.
The Commonwealth Court held that a dog attack is without provocation when, under all surrounding circumstances, the victim could not reasonably foresee that her conduct would trigger the attack.
In a published opinion, the Commonwealth Court held that a Home Depot employee who refused a transfer she regarded as beneath her did not prove necessitous and compelling cause to quit.
In a published opinion, the Commonwealth Court affirmed denial of unemployment benefits and held that issues not raised in the claimant’s appeal from the referee were waived.
The Commonwealth Court held that a workers’ compensation judge must promptly hold the statutory hearing on a compromise-and-release agreement and cannot refuse because other petitions remain disputed.
The Superior Court affirmed dismissal of a former spouse’s partition case, held that a signed property agreement could convey her interest without recording, and treated fabricated authorities as waiver.
The Commonwealth Court held in a case of first impression that Pennsylvania solar projects may earn renewable-energy credits by delivering power directly to a utility retail customer without connecting to the grid.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that impeachment-related errors involving a jailhouse informant did not undermine confidence in a capital verdict and vacated an order granting a new trial.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that a teacher who previously withdrew Arizona retirement funds was not barred from buying PSERS credit because she had no present or future entitlement under the Arizona system.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that an inventory search conducted after an overdose victim entered paramedics’ care was independent of the emergency call and fell outside statutory medical-amnesty protection.
The Commonwealth Court reinstated a school board’s nonresidency finding but held that the record could not support tuition charges for months after the residency hearing.