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Where the trial court determined that a man was the father of an infant based on DNA and HLA blood testing, even though father claimed to have undergone a vasectomy prior to the date of conception, and the court awarded ...

Although the statement of facts filed by the trial judge concerning defendant’s trial and conviction for larceny by concealment of merchandise differed slightly from the statement of facts originally filed by defendant, defendant is not entitled to have his conviction ...

Where claimant was discovered unconscious on the floor in a puddle of water after entering the workplace from outside, where it had been snowing, and claimant had entered into an area where grease and water were known to be on ...

Although defendant, who was convicted of speeding, contends that the commonwealth was required to prove the accuracy of both methods of verifying the accuracy of the police radar device, by tuning fork and by speedometer tests which the arresting officer ...

Where defendant, who was arrested after purchasing marijuana from two undercover agents at a motel, joined with two other marijuana purchasers at the motel to pool their resources in order to buy the 11 pounds offered by the agents, there ...

Although the witness stated that he was “100 or 98 percent certain” that defendant was the person he saw driving his car after it was stolen from a parking lot, there was sufficient certainty in his identification of the defendant ...

Although the employer reported claimant’s work-related accident to the commission several days after it occurred and filed supplementary reports during the six months after the accident, these actions by the employer did not relieve the claimant of the obligation to ...

Where defendant contractor, a previously convicted felon, engaged in a pattern of requesting draws from the owner whose building he was renovating but depositing those draws in the contractor’s personal accounts, rather than paying various subcontractors or materialmen, there was ...

Where defendant already had opened the door to look out into the hallway as the police arrived to execute a search warrant, the knock-and-announce rule did not apply and the trial court erred in applying that rule to suppress the ...

Residual Work Capacity Where claimant sustained a compensable head injury at work and was diagnosed as suffering from post-concussive syndrome which his psychologist and another treating physician stated disabled him from working in any capacity, the fact that claimant was ...