HARRISBURG – After the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania dismissed a petition from a group of Jehovah’s Witnesses nearly two years ago, which argued the confidentiality of their confessions shielded them from being mandatory reporters of child abuse, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania overruled their colleagues and decided the Commonwealth Court must re-examine the action.
As our state court judges come under scrutiny because of their political affiliation, the time might be right for Pennsylvania to join 43 other states which choose their appellate court justices based.
HARRISBURG – A 6-1 majority of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled that Manheim Township School District officials acted outside the scope of their authority, when they expelled a 17 year-old high school student for an after-hours Snapchat meme which labeled a fellow classmate as a possible school shooter.
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HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that the Commonwealth cannot dodge liability through the real estate exception to sovereign immunity, in cases where its negligent design and construction created a defective and dangerous condition, and later caused injury.
The Court unanimously agreed in an April 28
Wise v. Huntingdon County Housing Development Et.Al that dimly-lit areas of properties owned by the Commonwealth are an exception to sovereign immunity from litigation, and that they are in fact “dangerous property conditions.”
It reversed an opposite-minded Commonwealth Court ruling in June 2019, one which affirmed the February 2017 trial court ruling in the Huntingdon County Court of Common Pleas.