Alex Hamilton

November 07, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

In a recent opinion written by Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Anne E. Lazarus in Oceanview Property Management & Recovery Services v. Baker, Lazarus held that the trial court did not err in the appointment of a conservator different from the one preferred by the plaintiff that initiated the Act 135 in the first place.

By Alan Nochumson and Alex Hamilton

7 minute read

September 05, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

the Pennsylvania Superior Court held that a commercial tenant was evicted from the leased premises rather than abandoning it and that, accordingly, the landlord could only recover damages for unpaid rent through the date when the landlord recovered possession of the leased premises, denying the landlord's claim for additional rent for the remainder of the lease term.

By Alan Nochumson and Alex Hamilton

7 minute read

June 07, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Earlier this year, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court found that a real estate tax sale was properly voided where the County Tax Claim Bureau failed to provide a property owner with actual notice of the real estate tax delinquency and where it failed to establish on the record that it met all notice requirements under Pennsylvania law.

By Alan Nochumson and Alex Hamilton

8 minute read

April 10, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

In a recently published opinion, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in RDM Group v. Pittston Township Zoning Hearing Board found that a local zoning hearing board and the corresponding trial court abused its discretion by failing to properly evaluate the merits of zoning variance requests of a property owner that sought to build a warehouse in Pittstown Township.

By Alan Nochumson and Alex Hamilton

8 minute read

January 31, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

In a recently published opinion, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in Chaffier v. Hellertown Borough Zoning Hearing Board, struck down an attempted change in a property's zoning classification as illegal spot zoning.

By Alan Nochumson and Alex Hamilton

9 minute read

November 08, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

In a recently published opinion, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in Burd v. Borough of Brentwood Zoning Hearing Board, rejected an appeal brought by neighboring property owners alleging that a local ordinance constituted impermissible spot zoning.

By Alan Nochumson and Alex Hamilton

8 minute read