Commonwealth v. Johnson (and two companion cases) (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-153-17)
Reinstated assault and battery indictments where grand jury evidence showed serious bodily injury and aiding and abetting liability despite trial judge's dismissal.
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Commonwealth v. Johnson (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-040-17)
Defendant released on GPS monitoring in domestic violence case; historical location data later searched to connect defendant to unrelated burglary; no reasonable privacy expectation.
Commonwealth v. Johnson (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-018-16)
Suppressed eyewitness identification obtained through suggestive circumstances unrelated to police misconduct, applying common-law fairness principles where danger of unfair prejudice substantially outweighs probative value.
Commonwealth v. Johnson (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-185-15)
Police stop justified in immediate aftermath of shooting when suspect's proximity, time, location, and concealment efforts create reasonable suspicion despite imprecise description.
Reckis, et al. v. Johnson & Johnson, et al. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-065-15)
Toxic epidermal necrolysis case; failure to warn claim not preempted by federal drug law; expert testimony on causation admitted; fifty million dollar verdict upheld.
Commonwealth v. Johnson (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-003-15)
Affirmed. Trial judge properly refused instruction on witness failure to identify where witnesses made no positive identification and provided only generic suspect description.
Commonwealth v. Johnson (and a companion case) (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-202-14)
Criminal harassment convictions upheld where defendants posted false advertisements and sent threatening emails designed to orchestrate harassment of neighbors through unwitting third parties.
Johnson, et al. v. Kindred Healthcare, Inc., et al. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-009-14)
Health care agent lacks authority to bind principal to arbitration agreement. Health care proxy statute limits agent's power to medical treatment decisions only.