Liles v. Balmer

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that an individual who was not party to action is not aggrieved by the trial court order and has no standing to appeal
• discussing L. Packel & A. Poulin, Pennsylvania Evidence § 801.3 regarding non-hearsay “state of mind” testimony
• discussing L. Packel & A. Poulin, Pennsylvania Evidence § 801.3 regarding non-hearsay ‘state of mind’ testimony
• stating, “it is the contents of the motion and not its caption which is controlling”
• permitting nonsuit after preclusion of key testimony because plaintiff “had no remaining competent and relevant evidence to present on the issues of negligence and causation ... [and her] case was essentially complete prior to the entry of nonsuit”
• stating: \everyone whose name appears in the caption of a praecipe for writ of summons is not necessarily a party to the action; parties to an action are those who are named as such in the record and are properly served with process or enter an appearance\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hill v. Ofalt
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-02-05· cited 123×
• In Re Child M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-07-24· cited 107×
• Keffer v. Bob Nolan's Auto Service, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-11-26· cited 61×
• Blum Ex Rel. Blum v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-12-29· cited 54×
• In re the Adoption of R.K.Y.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-07-23· cited 44×
• Nobles, J. v. Staples, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-11-08· cited 39×
• Rachlin v. Edmison
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-13· cited 37×
• Murphy, P. v. International Druidic Society
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-12-08· cited 15×
• Rounick, D. v. Neducsin, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-04-20· cited 8×
• Engle v. Beaver County
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-06-22· cited 3×
• Cook v. Wirtz
  Alleghany County Court of Common Pleas· 1996-09-03· cited 1×

Cites

23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Smith v. Bell Telephone Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-07-02· cited 362×
• Commonwealth v. Nazarovitch
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-10-29· cited 141×
• Moore v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-05· cited 116×
• Matter of Cunningham
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-02-25· cited 69×
• Sinclair by Sinclair v. Block
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-10· cited 55×
• Malinder v. Jenkins Elevator & MacHine Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-01-27· cited 52×
• Moran v. G. & W.H. Corson, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-01-25· cited 52×
• Harvilla v. Delcamp
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-06· cited 47×
• Miller v. Hurst
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-07-23· cited 44×
• Heddings v. Steele
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-05-29· cited 39×
• Liles v. Balmer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-12-11· cited 35×
• Smith v. Brooks
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-05-24· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Smoyer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-05-30· cited 29×
• Florence Rumsey v. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Inc
  Third Circuit· 1969-03-05· cited 28×
• Commonwealth v. Reed
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-12-06· cited 22×
• Taliferro v. Johns-Manville Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-12-09· cited 20×
• Walker v. Walker
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-04-02· cited 18×
• Cohen v. Jenkintown Cab Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-09-09· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Galloway
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-04-12· cited 16×
• Newberg v. Board of Public Education
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-07-20· cited 15×