1999 Opinions
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ERIE COUNTY LEGAL JOURNAL (Published by the Committee on Publications of the Erie County Legal Journal and the Erie County Bar Association) Reports of Cases Decided in the Several Courts of Erie County for the Year 1999 LXXXII ERIE, PA JUDGES Of the Courts of Erie County during the period covered by this volume of reports COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS HONORABLE MICHAEL M. PALMISANO ------------ President Judge HONORABLE WILLIAM E. PFADT ------------------------ Senior Judge HONORABLE GEORGE LEVIN ------------------------------ Senior Judge HONORABLE ROGER M. FISCHER ------------------------- Senior Judge HONORABLE FRED P. ANTHONY --------------------------------- Judge HONORABLE SHAD A. CONNELLY ------------------------------- Judge HONORABLE JOHN A. BOZZA ------------------------------------ Judge HONORABLE STEPHANIE DOMITROVICH ---------------------- Judge HONORABLE WILLIAM R. CUNNINGHAM --------------------- Judge HONORABLE ERNEST J. DISANTIS ------------------------------- Judge Volume 82 TABLE OF CASES -A- Abbate v. City of Erie Zoning Hearing Board -------------------------- 132 Applebee v. Brzezinski ---------------------------------------------------- 112 -B- Board of Assessment Appeals of Erie County, et al.; Millcreek Township School District v. ----------------------------------------- 12 Brzezinski; Applebee v. --------------------------------------------------- 112 -C- City of Erie Zoning Hearing Board; Abbate v. ------------------------- 132 Commonwealth v. Crosby------------------------------------------------- 84 Commonwealth v. Findley ------------------------------------------------ 25 Commonwealth v. Graham ------------------------------------------------ 95 Commonwealth v. Harper ------------------------------------------------- 129 Commonwealth v. Harris -------------------------------------------------- 99 Commonwealth v. Jeeter -------------------------------------------------- 55 Commonwealth v. Neavins ----------------------------------------------- 99 Commonwealth v. Sherman ----------------------------------------------- 160 Commonwealth v. Tate ---------------------------------------------------- 99 Copeland v. Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of McCandless County --------------------------------------------------- 27 County of Erie, et al.; Extended Care Center, Inc. v. ------------------- 30 County of Erie, et al.; Lakeside Health Corporation v.----------------- 30 Crosby; Commonwealth v. ------------------------------------------------ 84 -D- Dahlkemper v. Dahlkemper ----------------------------------------------- 60 -E- Erie Insurance Exchange; Gundrum v. ----------------------------------- 171 Erie County Tax Claim Bureau, et al.; Wolf v. -------------------------- 67 Estate of Vera Dance v. Plaza --------------------------------------------- 48 Extended Care Centers, Inc. v. County of Erie, et al. ------------------- 30 -F- Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of McCandess County; Copeland v. -------------------------------------------------------------- 27 Fedorko Properties, Inc. v. Millcreek Township School District, et al.-------------------------------------------------------------- 142 Filipkowski v. Schroeck --------------------------------------------------- 64 Findley; Commonwealth v. ----------------------------------------------- 25 Fung v. Saint Vincent Health Center, et al. ----------------------------- 105 -G- Graham; Commonwealth v. ----------------------------------------------- 95 Gundrum v. Erie Insurance Exchange------------------------------------ 171 Gutfreund; Johnson v. ---------------------------------------------------- 138 -H- Harper; Commonwealth v. ------------------------------------------------ 129 Harris; Commonwealth v. ------------------------------------------------- 99 Hirt, Trust of Henry Orth -------------------------------------------------- 135 Huizar v. Huizar ------------------------------------------------------------ 22 -I- In Re: Estate of Merle Walter Eastman ---------------------------------- 78 In the Matter of the Adoption of C.C.G. and Z.C.G. ------------------- 91 -J- Jeeter; Commonwealth v. ------------------------------------------------- 55 Johnson v. Gutfreund ----------------------------------------------------- 138 Johnson; Prischak, et al. v. ----------------------------------------------- 166 Jones Marsh Masterson Lyons Smith Committee; Petitioners for Audit, Alan F. Woolslare, et al. v. ------------------------------------ 126 -K- Konieczko v. Konieczko--------------------------------------------------- 120 -L- Lakeside Health Corporation v. County of Erie, et al. ----------------- 30 -M- Mazza v. Terra Erie Associates and Liberatore------------------------- 151 Millcreek Mall Corp; Township of Millcreek v. ------------------------ 1 Millcreek Plaza Company Limited Partnership; Township of Millcreek v. --------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Millcreek Township School District v. Board of Assessment Appeals of Erie County, et al. ------------------------- 12 Millcreek Township School District, et al.; Fedorko Properties Inc. v. -------------------------------------------------------- 142 Molded Fiberglass Concrete Forms Co., et al.; Shoemaker v. -------- 71 -N- Neavins; Commonwealth v.----------------------------------------------- 99 -P- Petitioners for Audit, Alan F. Woolslare, et al. v. Jones Marsh Masterson Lyons Smith Committee --------------------------------- 126 Plaza; Estate of Vera Dance v. -------------------------------------------- 48 Porreco v. Porreco --------------------------------------------------------- 35 Prischak, et al. v. Johnson ------------------------------------------------ 166 -S- Saint Vincent Health Center, et al.; Fung v. ----------------------------- 105 Schroeck; Filipkowski v. -------------------------------------------------- 64 Sherman; Commonwealth v. ---------------------------------------------- 160 Shoemaker v. Molded Fiberglass Concrete Forms Co., et al. --------- 71 Suprock, et al.; Wickham v. ----------------------------------------------- 109 -T- Tate; Commonwealth v. --------------------------------------------------- 99 Terra Erie Associates and Liberatore; Mazza v. ------------------------ 151 Township of Millcreek v. Millcreek Mall Corp.------------------------- 1 Township of Millcreek v. Millcreek Plaza Company Limited Partnership ----------------------------------------------------- 1 Trust of Henry Orth Hirt -------------------------------------------------- 135 -W- Wickham v. Suprock, et al. ------------------------------------------------ 109 Wolf v. Erie County Tax Claim Bureau, et al. --------------------------- 67 Volume 82 SUBJECT MATTER INDEX -C- Civil Procedure Amendment of Pleadings----------------------------------------------- 27 Jurisdiction --------------------------------------------------------------- 120 Motion for Summary Judgment as to Damages --------------------- 30 Pleadings Preliminary Objections ---------------------------------------------- 135 Writ of Scire Facias ----------------------------------------------------- 1 Commencement of Actions Statute of Limitations --------------------------------------------------- 27 Competitive Bidding ------------------------------------------------------- 142 Constitutional Law - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 132 Loitering in Aid of a Drug Offense Overbreadth ---------------------------------------------------------- 160 Self-Incrimination ---------------------------------------------------- 160 Vagueness ------------------------------------------------------------ 160 Conflict of Laws ------------------------------------------------------------ 166 Contracts Statute of Frauds -------------------------------------------------------- 112 Waiver -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Criminal Law/Procedure - ----------------------------------------------------------------- 84 & 129 Arrest --------------------------------------------------------------------- 55 Confessions-------------------------------------------------------------- 84 Double Jeopardy -------------------------------------------------------- 99 Fair Trial ------------------------------------------------------------------ 99 Prosecutorial Misconduct ---------------------------------------------- 99 Speedy Trial-------------------------------------------------------------- 95 -D- Damages Payment of Interest ----------------------------------------------------- 30 -E- Estates - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 120 Joint Accounts ---------------------------------------------------------- 78 Equity - ------------------------------------------------------------------ 112 & 120 Collateral Estoppel ------------------------------------------------------ 48 Real Property ------------------------------------------------------------ 48 Evidence Depositions -------------------------------------------------------------- 35 -F- Family Law Adoption ----------------------------------------------------------------- 91 Child Custody ----------------------------------------------------------- 22 Divorce Alimony --------------------------------------------------------------- 60 Marital Settlement Agreement ----------------------------------------- 120 Pre-Nuptial Agreements ------------------------------------------------ 35 -I- Insurance Bad Faith Denial of Claim----------------------------------------------- 27 Insufficient Basis ----------------------------------------------------