The Pennsylvania Case Law Update While You Drive Podcast provides an update in 20 minutes or less, of all precedential cases published in the Pennsylvania Superior Court, The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court and The Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

This week’s cases covered everything from administrative law, lots of criminal cases, a labor law case, tax law and wrongful death. The Supreme Court was very active. In the Temple case, the court found that a court can sua sponte issue a mistrial even when neither party request it, but only when there is an exceedingly clear error that results in manifest injustice. In Com. v. McClelland, the court held hearsay evidence alone is insufficient to establish a prima facie case at a preliminary hearing, specifically overruling previous case law. And in the case of Maas v. UMPC, the court held a mental health provider owes a duty to warn an intended victim of a patients threats even if they are not identified by name if they are a readily identifiable group based on the context of the threats.

Many other issues were covered including the doctrine of Res Ipsa Loquitor, separation of powers in relation to the judiciary, hearsay when reading from a text in a civil trial and more.

Crown Castle NG East LLC, et al v. PUC, Aplt
Temple, J., Aplt. v. Providence Care Center
Com. v. Talley, D.
Commonwealth v. McClelland, D., Aplt.
Commonwealth v. Hamlett, J., Aplt.
Commonwealth v. Wolfel, K., Aplt.Commonwealth v. Smith, B., Aplt
Commonwealth v. King, J., Aplt
Commonwealth v. Montgomery, D., Aplt
Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Witmayer, M & Lacombe
In Re: The Ellwood City Community Health Foundation, a Pennsylvania Nonprofit Corporation ~ Appeal of: The Ellwood City Community Health Foundation
Charlton, A. v. Troy, S.
Lageman, E. v. Zepp, J., IV, D.O.
Renner, M., Aplt. v. CCP of Lehigh Co., et al
Kuharchik Construction, Inc. v. Com. of PA
Maas, L. v. UPMC, Aplts
Walsh v. BASF Corporation; Apl of: Dow, et al