• 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.

  • Pignetti v. Commonwealth Dep't of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-27
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
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    Case Number: 1196 C.D. 2021

    Pennsylvania Department of Transportation appealed trial court's finding that landowners used two non-contiguous parcels for a unified purpose and were entitled to have the board of viewers assess damages as if the parcels were one parcel and court found trial court used the wrong legal standard and landowners did not establish they used the parcels for a unified purpose. Reversed.

  • Prensky v. Talaat

    Publication Date: 2023-03-20
    Practice Area: Real Estate
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 636 WDA 2022

    Appellant appealed a trial court order setting out the terms of the parties' agreement to settle their property trespass dispute and court found the order was not final, did not contain an injunction and was not appealable. Appeal quashed.

  • Misitis v. Weaver

    Publication Date: 2023-03-13
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Allegheny County
    Judge: Judge Hertzberg
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: GD20-11000

    Court terminated conservatorship for property where there was a pending foreclosure that precluded the appointment of a conservator and where the conservator had failed to discharge their duties. Intervenor's motion to terminate conservator granted.

  • Stumpo v. Camp

    Publication Date: 2023-03-13
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Fayette County
    Judge: Judge Vernon
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 78 of 2021, G.D.

    Claims to quiet title and adverse possession failed where evidence clearly showed that defendants owned the disputed property and had permitted plaintiff to use the disputed portions during the entire length of defendants' ownership of their parcel.

  • Maiella v. Joseph

    Publication Date: 2023-02-27
    Practice Area: Real Estate
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Hodge
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    Case Number: 10870 of 2021, C.A.

    Plaintiffs offered sufficient evidence to establish the recognition and acquiescence to a consentable boundary in the form of an asphalt driveway, including the requisite time period, as well as evidence that the intent of the easement grant was to allow plaintiffs access over land belonging to defendants and their predecessors. The trial court recommended affirmance.

  • Brown v. Monroe County Tax Claim Bureau

    Publication Date: 2023-02-20
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Zulick
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    Case Number: 5781 CV 2022

    The court granted plaintiff landowner's petition to set aside an upset tax sale on the grounds that the tax bureau failed to present any credible evidence that they complied with the notice and service requirements under 72 P.S. §§5850.602 and 5850.607a of the Real Estate Tax Sale Law.

  • Mieze v. City of Pittsburgh

    Publication Date: 2023-02-20
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Leadbetter
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    Case Number: 902 C.D. 2021

    City appealed trial court's finding that it effectuated a de facto taking after landslide on city property left landowners' property condemned as unsafe and court found city had the police power to determine whether landowners' structure was structurally sound and to require studies of the structural safety of the foundation as part of the permitting process, city did not exercise the power of eminent domain and landowners failed to establish a de facto taking. Reversed.

  • 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.

  • Callaghan v. Williamsport Area Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-30
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Education | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Carlucci
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    Case Number: CV 22-00721

    Plaintiffs' nuisance and trespass claims were insufficient to survive preliminary objections as the pleading did not contain any allegations that defendant's conduct caused the noise, trash or alleged illegal activity occurring on defendant's playground. The court sustained in part defendants' preliminary objections.