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· 11/18/1994

McMillen v. 84 Lumber, Inc.

Citations

  • 649 A.2d 932
  • 538 Pa. 567
  • 1994 Pa. LEXIS 617

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the request for a new trial was waived because the appellees failed to make a timely request for the declaration of a mistrial
  • holding that counsel had waived right to a mistrial by failing to object at the time of a blatant violation of court’s pre-trial ruling
  • finding waiver, under the circumstances, where counsel failed to move for a mistrial after successfully objecting to improper testimony
  • finding waiver, under the circumstances, where counsel failed to move for a mistrial after successfully objecting to improper testimony
  • finding waiver of right to new trial upon failure of appellees to make timely request for declaration of a mistrial
  • reversing Superior Court’s overbroad application of public interest exception to waiver rule

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Nix, Flaherty, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy, Castille, Montemuro, Montemúro

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