Erie Ins. Exch. v. Est. of Kennedy, 2025 Pa. Super. LEXIS 569 (December 11, 2025) Stabile, J. Judges: BEFORE: BOWES, J., STABILE, J., and BENDER, P.J.E. OPINION BY STABILE, J. Appellants, Estate of Elissa J. Kennedy (the Estate), by and through its Administrators, and David Kennedy, individually and in his capacity as the Administrator of […]
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STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS – SEXUAL ABUSE – PROTECTION OF VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE OR INTIMIDATION ACT
Weatherholtz v. McKelvey, 2025 Pa. LEXIS 1978 (December 16, 2025) Donohue, J. JUSTICE DONOHUE The Protection of Victims of Sexual Violence or Intimidation Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 62A01-62A20 (“the Act”), permits victims of sexual violence or intimidation to seek an order protecting them from the perpetrator of the sexual abuse. In this case we are […]
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – PENNSYLVANIA CONSTITUTION – ARTICLE 1, SECTION 1 – WORKER’S RIGHTS – CRIMINAL CHARGES – EXPUNGEMENT – EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS
T.G.A. v. Dep’t of Educ., 2025 Pa. LEXIS 1989 (December 16, 2025) Todd, Chief Justice. Judges: CHIEF JUSTICE TODD. Justices Donohue, Dougherty, Wecht, Mundy, Brobson and McCaffery join the opinion. Justice McCaffery files a concurring opinion. CHIEF JUSTICE TODD In these related appeals, we consider whether records indicating that two educators — T.G.A. and R.W. […]
CIVIL RIGHTS – ANTISEMITISM – PLEADING – DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE – PROCEDURE – AMENDMENT – DISCOVERY
Canaan v. Carnegie Mellon Univ., 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 251144 (December 5, 2025) W. Scott Hardy. Judges: W. Scott Hardy, United States District Judge. Canaan’s Complaint alleges that CMU harbors a culture of antisemitism, that certain of its professors and administrators intentionally discriminated against her and harassed her because she is Jewish and of Israeli […]
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – PRIVLEGES AND IMMUNITY CLAUSE – ASSISTED SUICIDE – DORMANT
Bryman v. Murphy, 2025 U.S. App. LEXIS 31732 (September 17, 2025) Bibas, Circuit Judge. Judges: Before: BIBAS, MONTGOMERY-REEVES, and AMBRO, Circuit Judges. Death brings good things to an end, but rarely neatly. Many terminally ill patients face a grim reality: imminent, painful death. Some may want to avert that suffering by enlisting a doctor’s help […]
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – PROCEDURAL ISSUES – SEVERANCE – DIRECT NEGLIGENCE – PUNITIVE DAMAGES – VICARIOUS LIABILITY – INSTITUTIONAL NEGLIGENCE – MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE – DAMAGES – INFORMED CONSENT – INFLICTED EMOTIONAL DISTRESS – CORPORATE NEGLIGENCE – AGENCY – JOINDER – PROCEDURE
Doyle v. Keyed, 2025 Pa. Dist. & Cnty. Dec. LEXIS 120 (October 16, 2025) Powell, J. Opinion by: Mark Powell On November 20, 2024, Plaintiffs, Julie Doyle and Christopher Doyle, her husband, in their own right and as the Co-Administrators of the Estate of Conor Jack Doyle, Deceased, filed the present wrongful death and survival […]
JURISDICTION – VENUE – DOING BUSINESS
Mendoza-Colon v. Luscomb, Inc., 335 A.3d 1207 (April 10, 2025) Olson, J. Judges: BEFORE: BOWES, J., OLSON, J., and STABILE, J. Opinion by: OLSON Appellant, Yesenia Mendoza-Colon, appeals from the order entered on November 22, 2023. The subject order sustained the preliminary objections to venue filed by Luscomb, Inc., Gary’s Furniture, and John Doe, Employee […]
WRONGFUL DISCHARGE – WHISTLEBLOWER – MCARE ACT – CONTRACT – EMPLOYMENT
Brader v. Allegheny Health Network, 2025 Pa. Super. LEXIS 555 (December 2, 2025) Bender, P.J.E. Judges: BEFORE: BOWES, J., OLSON, J., and BENDER, P.J.E. OPINION BY BENDER, P.J.E. Opinion by: BENDER Appellants, Allegheny Health Network (“AHN”) and AHN Medical Group (“Medical Group”), appeal from the trial court’s May 20, 2024, order denying their motion for […]
PROCEDURE – PLEADING – PUNITIVE DAMAGES – SPECIFICITY – PLEADING LAW
Richard Stoner v. Linda Kepner, Timothy Shannon, aka Tyler Shannon, State Farm Auto, et al. Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas No. CV-2025-00809-Cv, Judge William P. Carlucci 1. Opinion and Order of Preliminary Objections filed June 30, 2025. https://www.lycolaw.org/uploads/opinions/2025-stoner110425c3.pdf Answer: No demurrer should be entered to Plaintiff’s claim for punitive damages prior to Discovery. 2. […]
FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT – FERES DOCTRINE – MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – MILITARY CLAIMS ACT – CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE – DRIVING A GOVERNMENT VEHICLE
Beck v. United States, 2025 U.S. LEXIS 4480 (November 24, 2025) Judges: Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, Jackson. This case is a discussion of the petition of writ of Certiorari which was denied. Justice Gorsuch would grant the petition. Justice Sotomayor wrote a short decision. She notes that as her colleagues explain, […]
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