• Wojciak v. Pustova

    Publication Date: 2023-03-27
    Practice Area: Real Estate
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
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    Case Number: 5716 CIVIL 2022

    Defendants could not assert a counterclaim for invasion of privacy in plaintiffs' suit to eject them and recover possession of residential real property. The trial court sustained plaintiffs' preliminary objection to the invasion of privacy claim. To the extent defendants failed to plead a separate counterclaim with sufficient particularity, the court sustained plaintiffs' preliminary objection and allowed defendants to re-plead the claim.

  • Kalahari Resorts, LLC v. Kraemer Bros., LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-03-27
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Construction | Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
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    Case Number: 3976 CIVIL 2022

    Neither the gist of the action doctrine nor the economic loss doctrine required dismissal of a commercial property owner's negligence and other non-contractual claims against its architects, general contractor and subcontractors arising out of alleged construction and material defects in its facility's roofing system. The trial court overruled defendants' preliminary objections to plaintiff's complaint.

  • Miller v. Christine

    Publication Date: 2023-03-06
    Practice Area: Deals and Transactions
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
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    Case Number: 009997-CV-2019

    The trial court granted plaintiff's request for equitable partition of a motor home jointly owned with defendant. The trial court ordered the vehicle's sale, with the proceeds to be equally distributed between plaintiff and defendant.

  • Westminster Am. Ins. Co. v. Bond

    Publication Date: 2023-03-06
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
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    Case Number: 161 CIVIL 2021

    Plaintiffs, a landlord and its insurer, could not maintain this subrogation action against the defendant tenants where the terms of both the commercial and residential leases at issue suggested that defendants were implied co-insureds on landlord's fire insurance policy. The court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment.

  • Soulen v. Kungl

    Publication Date: 2023-02-20
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
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    Case Number: 5949 CIVIL 2021

    The court entered summary judgment in defendants' favor finding that although plaintiffs sought to expand the geographical area of an easement, plaintiffs improperly advanced their argument under the doctrine of boundary by consent, which, only applies to disputes regarding property boundaries rather than easements.

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  • Ace v. Ace

    Publication Date: 2023-02-20
    Practice Area: Damages
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
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    Case Number: 6242 CIVIL 2020

    The court opined, based on standards set forth in 2021's Spencer v. Johnson, that the superior court would rule that joint and several liability applied to all defendants, without the limitations of the Fair Share Act, unless the plaintiff had some amount of contributory negligence. The court awarded plaintiff $345,866 in damages.

  • Dunlop v. Dunlop

    Publication Date: 2023-02-13
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
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    Case Number: 1609 CIVIL 2021

    Defendant wife acted improperly when she sold a parcel of property owned by husband's company without authority to do so under a power of attorney, and was unjustly enriched by that unauthorized sale and retention of the proceeds for her own use. The court granted plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment.

  • Yotov v. Reliable Concrete Repair & Rehab

    Publication Date: 2023-01-23
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
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    Case Number: 6929 CIVIL 2021

    Defendants did not deny in their answers to various discovery demands that the work they performed on a contract for a concrete foundation was defective, not suitable for its intended purpose and not up to industry standards; therefore, the record was sufficient to demonstrate a breach of contract. The court granted plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment.

  • Couverthier v. Bozek

    Publication Date: 2023-01-09
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
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    Case Number: 5481 CIVIL 2021

    The court granted plaintiff landlord's motion to dismiss in an ejectment action finding that plaintiff provided evidence that a notice to quit was served on defendants in accordance with the lease terms and defendants subsequently failed to vacate the property. Although defendants argued that there was an oral agreement between the parties that defendants would eventually purchase the property, the court explained that pursuant to the Statute of Frauds, an oral promise for the sale of real property is unenforceable.

  • Bank of Am. v. Davalos

    Publication Date: 2022-11-28
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
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    Case Number: 3347 CIVIL 2022

    The court denied plaintiff's preliminary objection to defendant's counterclaim in an ejection matter. Specifically, the plaintiffs claimed defendant's counterclaim did not stem from the foreclosure action and they were therefore precluded from requesting damages under Pa.R.C.P. 1148.