Lycoming County Court Opinions
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Criminal:
Appeal; DUI; chemical test refusal; required warning
(sagan100306a)
(Posted: October 9th 2006)
Criminal:
Appeal; request for credit for back time; time spent on probation
(good092706a)
(Posted: October 9th 2006)
Support:
Exceptions to child support; modification petition; seasonal employee (teacher); assignment of earning capacity for willful failure to obtain appropriate employment
(LSW092906bt)
(Posted: October 9th 2006)
Criminal:
Appeal
(fillman100206a)
(Posted: October 9th 2006)
Sheddy Family Trust vs. Piatt Township Zoning Hearing Board, Piatt Township & Helm
10.3.2006
Nancy L. Butts
Administrative Appeal:
Zoning appeal; variance request; expansion of auto salvage business; solicitor signing decision; interpretation of the zoning ordinance on expansion of nonconforming use
(Sheddy100906bt)
(Posted: October 3rd 2006)
Administrative Appeal:
Land use appeal; application for special exception; conversion of single family residence to duplex; substantial evidence; vague and unsubstantiated statements; remand
(Young100306bt)
(Posted: October 3rd 2006)
Civil:
Permanent injunction; validity of board action after improper removal of director by fellow directors
(Sauers092606g)
(Posted: September 28th 2006)
Adoption:
Motion for summary judgment; bad faith; estoppel; decision by insurance department
(nopublication)
(Posted: September 27th 2006)
Steckel vs Williamsport Sun Gazette, Ogden Newspapers, Inc., Lock Haven Express, Sun Gazette Company, & The Ogden Newspapers of Pennsylvania, Inc.
9.18.2006
Nancy L. Butts
Civil:
Motion for summary judgment; defamation case; statute of limitations; fair report privilege; failure to state a claim
(Steckel091806bt)
(Posted: September 27th 2006)
Criminal:
Appeal
(Bowers091506bt)
(Posted: September 27th 2006)
Support:
Exceptions to child support; disabled adult child; equitable argument regarding child's income exceeding disabled, support paying parent
(DLK092506bt)
(Posted: September 27th 2006)
Support, Divorce:
Exceptions to equitable distribution and alimony pendente lite; withdrawal from IRA; marital property; alimony pendente lite after entry of divorce decree
(LAL092706bt)
(Posted: September 27th 2006)
Criminal:
Motion to suppress; vehicle stop; reasonable suspicion of criminal activity
(leonard091206a)
(Posted: September 24th 2006)
Criminal:
Motion to suppress; altercation with police; reasonable belief of authority to consent to entry into residence
(sagan092006a)
(Posted: September 24th 2006)
Camerer vs. Doebler Farmland, Inc., Doebler, Doebler, Doebler & McCracken
9.8.2006
Dudley N. Anderson
Civil:
Appeal; 1925 statement; waiver for failure to serve judge
(camerer090806a)
(Posted: September 17th 2006)
Civil:
Motion for summary judgment; injury from foul ball during game; handicap seating; duty
(Losch090806bt)
(Posted: September 17th 2006)
Civil:
Motion to exclude expert testimony; Frye decision; evaluation of methodology rather than conclusion
(Beatrice090706bt)
(Posted: September 17th 2006)
Criminal:
Appeal
(yasipour090806a)
(Posted: September 17th 2006)
Criminal:
Appeal; non-jury verdict; other crime evidence; identity of weapon; harmless error; adequacy of statement of sentencing reasons; prior record score; weight of the evidence; inconsistency of police officer testimony
(Johnson091406g)
(Posted: September 17th 2006)
Criminal:
Duty of Commonwealth to provide discovery of criminal record of defendant
(gates080706k)
(Posted: September 7th 2006)
Civil:
Appeal
(Daugherty082406bt)
(Posted: September 7th 2006)
Criminal:
Motion to dismiss; rule 600; lack of excusable delay; lack of due diligence
(Winters072806k)
(Posted: September 7th 2006)
Criminal:
Appeal; rule 1925 statement; waiver of issues
(bortz090106k)
(Posted: September 7th 2006)
Criminal:
Commonwealth appeal; drug case; suppression; consent to search; waiver by failure to raise in omnibus pre-trial motion; amendment
(Wimberly081006k)
(Posted: September 6th 2006)
Criminal:
Motion to dismiss; rule 600; due diligence in bringing to trial
(fisher081106a)
(Posted: September 6th 2006)
Criminal:
Appeal; service of rule 1925 statement upon judge
(johnson082106a)
(Posted: September 6th 2006)
Criminal:
Appeal; recusal; failure to raise by motion; discovery of mental health records; delay of trial; consecutive sentences; aggravated sentence; competency at time of trial
(Smith090106br)
(Posted: September 6th 2006)
Criminal:
Motion to suppress; vehicle stop; plain view; consent; coercion
(ford083106a)
(Posted: September 6th 2006)
Camerer vs. Doebler Farmland, Inc., Doebler, Doebler, Doebler & McCracken
8.22.2006
Dudley N. Anderson
Civil:
Appeal; non-jury verdict; right of officers to receive salaries; fiduciary duty; reasonableness of salaries in light of company profit
(camerer082206a)
(Posted: September 5th 2006)
Criminal:
Appeal; applicability of Megan's Law; sufficiency of post conviction relief act petition
(Bowers082906bt)
(Posted: September 5th 2006)
Criminal:
Appeal; rule 1925 statement; waiver of issues
(Colyer082906bt)
(Posted: September 5th 2006)
Hauke and Miller vs Manorcare Health Services Williamsport North; Manor Care, Inc.; HCR Manor Care Services, Inc.; Manorcare Health Services, Inc.
8.4.2006
Nancy L. Butts
Civil:
Motion for summary judgment; prima facie case for medical negligence; need for expert opinion of cause of death; use of nurse testimony
(Hauke080406bt)
(Posted: August 22nd 2006)
Miller vs. Purcell, Burns, Susquehanna Gastroenterology Assoc., Nicolas & Lock Haven Hospital
8.21.2006
Nancy L. Butts
Civil:
Post trial motions; expert discovery; testimony beyond fair scope of expert report
(Miller082106bt)
(Posted: August 22nd 2006)
Support:
Exceptions to child support; earning capacity; failure to find better employment
(SME080806bt)
(Posted: August 22nd 2006)
Criminal:
Motion for supplemental discovery; psychological records of victim
(scarborough080306a)
(Posted: August 22nd 2006)
Criminal:
Post-sentence motion; insanity defense; burden of proof; appropriateness of sentence; weight of evidence
(yasipour082106a)
(Posted: August 22nd 2006)
Support:
Exceptions to child support; earning capacity; failure to find better employment because of PFA violation; termination due to religious discrimination
(HLW081006bt)
(Posted: August 22nd 2006)
Criminal:
Appeal; failure to serve Rule 1925 statement on trial judge; waiver of objections
(johnson080706a)
(Posted: August 9th 2006)
Criminal:
Motion for reconsideration of denial of post trial motions; refusal to submit to blood test to enhance sentence; adequacy of warning; vacation of sentence
(sagan080706a)
(Posted: August 9th 2006)
Criminal:
Motion to suppress; DUI case; search warrant for medical records for blood tests; probable cause
(Cortright070506k)
(Posted: August 3rd 2006)
Criminal:
Petition for modification due to illness; independent medical evaluation; necessity of transfer to other facility; refusal to release medical records; burden of proof
(Smith070706br)
(Posted: August 3rd 2006)
Criminal:
Appeal; unauthorized use of vehicle; sufficiency of the evidence; missing witness charge
(Richardson071906br)
(Posted: August 3rd 2006)
Criminal:
Motion to suppress; search of clothing of hospitalized shooting victim by hospital employee; seizure of drugs in plain view; agent of government
(Gordy070506k)
(Posted: August 2nd 2006)
Civil:
Non-jury trial; easement by implication; maintenance rights
(Lowery071206br)
(Posted: August 2nd 2006)
Criminal:
Post conviction relief act petition; ineffective counsel; time limitation; increased minimum sentence
(Evicci071706k)
(Posted: August 2nd 2006)
Criminal:
Petition to allow summary appeal nunc pro tunc; notice of 30 day appeal period
(hekimian071706a)
(Posted: August 2nd 2006)
Loyalsock Township School District vs. Loyalsock Custodial Maintenance Secretarial and Aide Assn.
7.24.2006
Kenneth D. Brown
Civil:
Appeal
(LoyalsockSchDist072406br)
(Posted: August 2nd 2006)
Criminal:
Post conviction relief act petition; ineffective counsel; unlawful sentence; Megan's Law registration; retroactive application
(Bowers073106bt)
(Posted: August 2nd 2006)
Criminal:
Appeal of jury verdict; robbery and theft; sufficiency of evidence; identification of defendant; court urges reversal of conviction on one count
(Williams073106)
(Posted: August 2nd 2006)
Criminal:
Appeal of sentence of court; manifestly excessive sentence; discretion of court
(Foster080106br)
(Posted: August 2nd 2006)
Civil:
Motion for new trial; proper jury charge; hills and ridges doctrine; Restatement (Second) of Torts §§ 343 and 343A
(Daugherty073106)
(Posted: August 1st 2006)
Wills and Estates:
Estate of incapacitated person; court approval of purchase of assets to maintain employment and housing for incapacitated person
(Rizzo072806g)
(Posted: August 1st 2006)
Criminal:
Motion to suppress; drug delivery case; search of hotel room without warrant; burden to prove exigent circumstances
(Johnson071406g)
(Posted: July 30th 2006)
Divorce:
Exceptions to equitable distribution; credit for fair rental value; award of residence; alimony
(richardson070306a)
(Posted: July 20th 2006)
Civil:
Preliminary objections; damages in wrongful death case; failure to specifically identify unnamed individuals in vicarious claim
(Firth070706bt)
(Posted: July 20th 2006)
Criminal:
Appeal; sexually violent predator; consistency of jury verdict; unduly harsh sentence; Megan's Law hearing; psychological testimony; consecutive sentences relating to same incident
(Castro071306bt)
(Posted: July 20th 2006)
Weis Markets vs. Montoursville Borough and Montoursville Borough Council and Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
6.30.2006
Nancy L. Butts
Administrative Appeal:
Land use appeal; premature approval; conditional approval of land use plan; discretion of count on appeal
(Weis063006bt)
(Posted: July 20th 2006)
Civil:
Preliminary objections; impertinent, immaterial, and scandalous allegations; motion to compel; insufficient discovery responses; motion for sanctions
(Citation071706bt)
(Posted: July 20th 2006)
Support:
Exceptions to child support; unreimbursed medical expenses; over withholding of taxes; calculation of income
(LAS070806bt)
(Posted: July 8th 2006)
Civil:
Appeal; denial of in forma pauperis petition; patently frivolous action; failure to file rule 1925 statement
(bennett060106br)
(Posted: July 6th 2006)
Loyalsock Township School District vs. Loyalsock Custodial Maintenance Secretarial and Aide Assn.
6.15.2006
Kenneth D. Brown
Civil:
Appeal of arbitrator's decision; termination of school employee for drug use off the job; arbitrator's interpretation of the bargaining agreement; employer's discretion; scope of arbitrator's authority
(Loyalsock061506br)
(Posted: July 6th 2006)
Criminal:
Appeal; drug case; size of fine; ability to pay
(Leach062906br)
(Posted: July 6th 2006)
Criminal:
Appeal; sexual offenses; weight of evidence; competency of child witness; ineffective counsel; trial strategy; objections to testimony; propriety of prosecutor's closing argument; jury charge; merger of offenses; consideration of juvenile record in Megan's Law hearing
(Gennarelli062606br)
(Posted: July 6th 2006)
Criminal:
Motion to dismiss; rule 600; due diligence in locating incarcerated defendant
(Sturdivant60606K)
(Posted: June 30th 2006)
Criminal:
Appeal; failure to file rule 1925 statement; waiver of objections
(Moon060206K)
(Posted: June 30th 2006)
Criminal:
Appeal by Commonwealth; dismissal of DUI count; blood alcohol evidence; engine heat as evidence of time of use of vehicle; delayed test
(Scarfo062106K)
(Posted: June 30th 2006)
Support:
Exceptions to spouse and child support; earning capacity based on former employment; attempt to mitigate lost income
(CAS062706bt)
(Posted: June 30th 2006)
Civil:
Non-jury trial; termination of partnership agreement; liability for debts; distribution of assets
(Hartzel062006bt)
(Posted: June 30th 2006)
Civil:
Non-jury trial; breach of contract; failure to appear
(Supply061506bt)
(Posted: June 30th 2006)
Divorce:
Exceptions to denial of alimony; marital misconduct; economic factors; size of marital estate
(Reichenbach062906g)
(Posted: June 30th 2006)
Criminal:
Post conviction relief act petition; Megan's Law registration; violation of state and federal constitutions; ineffective counsel
(Bowers060806bt)
(Posted: June 22nd 2006)
Divorce:
Appeal of divorce decree; service of notice to request entry of decree; deadline to assert economic claims; bifurcation
(Larka061406bt)
(Posted: June 22nd 2006)
Support:
Exceptions to child support; earning capacity; failure to maintain or find better employment
(SLE062006bt)
(Posted: June 22nd 2006)
Civil:
Appeal; factors to award sanctions under Rule 1023.1
(regscan062106a)
(Posted: June 22nd 2006)
Criminal:
Motion to suppress; drug case; informant's information; reliability of informant; probable cause
(clark061606a)
(Posted: June 21st 2006)
Divorce:
Exceptions to alimony pendente lite; assessment of income; borrowed money
(Butters061506g)
(Posted: June 21st 2006)
Criminal:
Post sentence motion; DUI; considerations in sentencing; prior DUI; refusal to submit to blood testing; right to a jury trial
(sagan061206a)
(Posted: June 18th 2006)
Camerer vs. Doebler Farmland, Inc., Doebler, Doebler, Doebler & McCracken
6.14.2006
Dudley N. Anderson
Civil:
Post trial motions; non-jury trial; fiduciary duty; officer salaries; proof of damages
(camerer061406a)
(Posted: June 18th 2006)
Criminal:
Motion to suppress; warrantless search; consent; protective sweep
(Wimberly052306K)
(Posted: June 10th 2006)
Administrative Appeal:
Appeal
(Fetter052306K)
(Posted: June 10th 2006)
Criminal:
Habeas corpus; prima facie case; possession of drugs; exercising conscious dominion
(Smith051706K)
(Posted: June 10th 2006)
Criminal:
Appeal
(Wells051806br)
(Posted: June 10th 2006)
Support:
Exceptions to child support; review of total support obligation upon request for review by on recipient
(Stidfole052506br)
(Posted: June 10th 2006)
Support:
Exceptions to child support; earning capacity; nurturing parent doctrine; quitting employment for lower paying job
(Saar052406br)
(Posted: June 10th 2006)
Criminal:
Appeal
(Smith060106br)
(Posted: June 10th 2006)
Criminal:
Appeal; dismissal of the appeal for failure to pay for trial transcript; excessive sentence
(Moore053106br)
(Posted: June 10th 2006)
Civil:
Appeal; protection from abuse order; objection to requirement of sharing of home related costs after eviction; effect of stipulation
(Shifflet052606K)
(Posted: June 10th 2006)
Criminal:
Motion to suppress; voluntariness of consent to search
(lowe060506a)
(Posted: June 10th 2006)
Criminal:
Motion to suppress; vehicle stop; DUI case; probable cause
(smith060806a)
(Posted: June 10th 2006)
Nassberg vs. Schultz, Schultz and Jersey Shore Steel Company
6.2.2006
Barry F. Feudale, Sr. J., Specially Presiding
Civil:
Non-jury trial; minority stockholder oppression; excessive compensation of officers; denial of access to corporate records and board meetings; elimination of dividends; aggressive expensing of costs; valuation of corporation
(nassberg060206f)
(Posted: June 2nd 2006)
Criminal:
Petition for post conviction collateral relief; no merit letter from counsel; time limit
(knight021506bt)
(Posted: May 28th 2006)
Support:
Exceptions to spouse and child support; earning capacity based on former employment; self employment; attempt to mitigate lost income
(MAL050906bt)
(Posted: May 24th 2006)
Support:
Exceptions to child support; modification request; material and substantial change; increased income and expenses; effect of miniscule changes in time spent with children on support obligation
(SMS051006bt)
(Posted: May 24th 2006)
Administrative Appeal:
Appeal from driving license suspension; deemed refusal to submit to chemical testing; competent medical evidence; impairment due to alcohol, anxiety & learning disability
(Pfirman051806g)
(Posted: May 24th 2006)
Civil:
Motion for summary judgment; gist of action; negligent performance of a contract
(Keystone051906bt)
(Posted: May 24th 2006)
Criminal:
Motion to dismiss; rule 600; due diligence in locating defendant
(heath050306a)
(Posted: May 24th 2006)
Support:
Exceptions to support modification petition; proof of disability; changed circumstances; earning capacity; employment perquisite that benefits both parties
(KM050506bt)
(Posted: May 9th 2006)
Criminal:
Motion for return of property; illegal seizure; proof of ownership; derivative contraband
(Toner050306bt)
(Posted: May 9th 2006)
Adoption:
Motion for summary judgment; bad faith; estoppel; decision by insurance department
(nopublication)
(Posted: May 8th 2006)
Civil:
Motion for reconsideration; demurrer to survival action; capacity of plaintiff; expiration of the statute of limitations; relation back
(Firth040406K)
(Posted: May 3rd 2006)
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