Novak v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• even though not a physician, microbiologist testified within the scope of his expertise when he explained the effects of leptospirosis on human body, methods to test for such disease, and negative sera test results performed by CDC on two specimens
• Although expert microbiologist was not a medical doctor, he testified well within the scope of his practice or profession when he explained the effects of leptospirosis on the human body, the methods of testing for the disease, and the negative results of tests

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Arena v. Packaging Systems Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-03-20· cited 55×
• Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Smith
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1989-06-08· cited 45×
• Kimberly Clark Corp. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-12· cited 15×
• Lehigh Valley Coal Sales Co. v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-04-12· cited 6×
• Cugini v. Workmen's CompenSation Appeal Board
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-05-25· cited 6×
• Nabisco, Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-12-16· cited 3×
• Floria v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-07-09· cited 3×
• Bethlehem Mines Corp. v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-05-05· cited 3×
• Blue Ridge Winkler Textiles & CNA Insurance v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-22· cited 3×
• Babcock & Wilcox v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-01-02

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• American Refrigerator Equipment Co. v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-09-14· cited 154×
• Consolidation Coal Co. v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-09-05· cited 41×
• Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board v. Czepurnyj
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-07-17· cited 29×
• Repco Products Corp. v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-12-02· cited 23×
• Bowes v. Inter-Community Action, Inc.
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-03-07· cited 22×
• Hauck v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-12-06· cited 15×
• St. Denis v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-03-24· cited 12×
• Duquesne Light Co. v. GURICK.
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-09-20· cited 9×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-01-25· cited 8×
• George v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-02-25· cited 7×
• Allied Chemical Corp. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-08-29· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Bali Bra Manufacturing Co.
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-09-19· cited 4×