PITTSBURGH ACTION v. DEPT. OF PUB. WELFARE

No. 1082 C.D. 2014

120 A.3d 1078 (2015)

PITTSBURGH ACTION AGAINST RAPE, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 14, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erica N. Burns , Pittsburgh, for petitioner.

Amy Jo Carnicella , Assistant Counsel, Pittsburgh, for respondent.

BEFORE: MARY HANNAH LEAVITT, Judge, and PATRICIA A. McCULLOUGH, Judge, and ANNE E. COVEY, Judge.


This case of first impression addresses whether privileged or confidential communications between sexual assault counselors and their patients or clients are admissible as evidence in child abuse expungement proceedings. Pittsburgh Action Against Rape (PAAR) petitions for review of the May 27, 2014 oral ruling from an...

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