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In re DCD: Best Interests of a Juvenile Delinquent Beat out Concerns over Community Welfare
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DCD, a ten-year-old child with a low IQ, was adjudicated delinquent after sexually assaulting his younger sister. Several sexual assaults followed as DCD was moved from facility to facility and…
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Burke v. Independence Blue Cross: Legislature intended autism treatment to be offered in schools
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The Autism Coverage Law requires insurance companies to provide coverage for autism treatment under certain group plans. One coverage specifically included in the statute is “applied behavioral analysis” (“ABA”). However,…
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Coughlin v. Massaquoi: No per se Requirement for Corroborating Evidence before BAC is admissible in a civil case
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When is blood alcohol content (BAC) admissible in a civil case to prove negligence (including contributory negligence)? In the context of a car accident, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has…
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Com v. Jacoby: Capital Appeal: Introduction of unconstitutionally seized murder weapon evidence was harmless error
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The opening paragraph of this case read like an Alfred Hitchcock screenplay. The police received a call that originated from Monica Schmeyer’s residence . . . When the police arrived,…
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Lomas v. Kravitz: Motion for Recusal should be made immediately, if not sooner
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in Lomas v. Kravitz that a motion for recusal must be made as soon as the facts on which the motion is based come to…
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Rancosky v. Washington Nat’l Ins. Co: Terletsky standard prevails for bad faith claims
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court adopted the Superior Court’s Terletsky v. Prudential Property & Cas. Ins. Co. standard for determining bad faith, ruling that no evidence of ill-will is required, nor is there a…
