BERNADETTE E. SLUSSER and PNC BANK, NA, as Co-Executors of the ESTATE OF THOMAS A. SLUSSER, DECEASED, EARL R. SLUSSER, MATTHEW B. BAYZICK and THOMAS

BERNADETTE E. SLUSSER and PNC BANK, NA, as Co-Executors of the ESTATE OF THOMAS A. SLUSSER, DECEASED, EARL R. SLUSSER, MATTHEW B. BAYZICK and THOMAS J. SLUSSER v. LAPUTKA, BAYLESS, ECKER and COHN, P.C. and MARTIN D. COHN, ESQUIRE APPEAL OF: MARTIN D. COHN, ESQUIRE (at 1727) APPEAL OF: LAPUTKA, BAYLESS, ECKER & COHN, P.C.(at 1728) No. 1727 and 1728 MDA 2008 2010 PA Super 219 Atlantic: n/a Filed: 11/29/2010
	Appeal from the Judgment of August 29, 2008, in the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County, Civil Division, at No. 6741 C of 2000.
Before: ALLEN, MUNDY and COLVILLE, JJ.
Opinion by: COLVILLE, J.
This matter presents the Court with consolidated appeals from a judgment entered against Appellants and in favor of Appellees. The parties also have filed a number of motions which we must resolve. We deny the parties’ motions, vacate the judgment and all of the orders entered by former Luzerne County Judge Mark A. Ciavarella (“Ciavarella”), and remand for a new trial.

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ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY v. DR. MANHUA MANDY LIN, EVERNU TECHNOLOGY LLC, PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS LLC AND WILLOW GROVE BK APPEAL OF: DR. MANHUA MANDY LIN

ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY v. DR. MANHUA MANDY LIN, EVERNU TECHNOLOGY LLC, PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS LLC AND WILLOW GROVE BK APPEAL OF: DR. MANHUA MANDY LIN (at 1556) APPEAL OF: EVERNU TECHNOLOGY LLC (at 1601) No. 1556 EDA 2008 2010 PA Super 26 Atlantic: n/a Filed: 3/1/2010
	Appeal from the Judgment Entered May 5, 2008, Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County, Civil Division, at No 00-10035.
Before: BENDER, SHOGAN, JJ. and McEWEN, P.J.E.
Opinion by: SHOGAN, J.
In these consolidated appeals, Dr. Manhua Lin (“Dr. Lin”) and EverNu Technology LLC (“EverNu”) appeal from the order entering a default judgment and a permanent injunction in favor of Dr. Lin’s former employer, Rohm and Haas Company (“Rohm and Haas”), as a discovery sanction against Dr. Lin. After careful review, we affirm in part, vacate in part and remand for further proceedings consistent with this Opinion. We quash EverNu’s appeal.

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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. TERI RHODES

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. TERI RHODES No. 143 WDA 2009 2009 PA Super 261 Atlantic: n/a Filed: 12/31/2009
	Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence entered November 21, 2008 In the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County Criminal Division at No. CP-25-CR-0000110-2008
Before: FORD ELLIOTT, P.J., ORIE MELVIN and BENDER, JJ.
Opinion by: BENDER, J.
Teri Rhodes appeals the judgment of sentence imposed following her entry of an open plea of guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter, 18 Pa.C.S. § 2503(a), in the death of her infant daughter by neonaticide. Rhodes contends that the sentence imposed, of nine to eighteen years’ incarceration, was manifestly excessive and the trial judge was motivated in imposing sentence by a pronounced bias that should have compelled him to recuse. Upon review, we concur in Rhodes’s assessment. Because the record of these proceedings establishes that the trial judge acted substantially in derogation of the Pennsylvania Sentencing Code on the basis of evidence gathered ex parte, we conclude that the sentence imposed constitutes an abuse of discretion. We conclude further that the trial judge abused his discretion in refusing to grant Rhodes’s request for recusal. Accordingly, we vacate the judgment of sentence and remand this matter for re-sentencing before another jurist.

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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. JONATHAN HARRIS

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. JONATHAN HARRIS No. 623 EDA 2007 2009 PA Super 160 Atlantic: 979 A.2d 387 Filed: 8/11/2009
	Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence January 29, 2007 In the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County Criminal at No(s): CP-51-CR-0409431-2002
Before: STEVENS, PANELLA, and FREEDBERG, JJ.
Opinion by: STEVENS, J.
Appellant, Jonathan Harris, appeals from a judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. We affirm.

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