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Plaintiff credit card issuer petitioned for relief from a judgment of non pros in its action against a credit card holder. The court denied the petition, holding plaintiff failed to aver a reasonable explanation or legitimate excuse for appearing for a long-continued arbitration hearing without having made a meaningful and timely effort to serve its complaint on defendant.
The statutory prohibition against "spot reassessments" applies only to county assessment offices, not school districts. A school district may appeal an assessment within its district.
Commonwealth Court did not err in allowing mandamus damages in appellees' actions against the liquor control board for failing to perform its duty to implement direct shipment of orders to customers because PLCB was a "person" subject to mandamus damages under 42 Pa. C.S. §8303 and sovereign immunity did not bar mandamus damages sought pursuant to that provision. Affirmed.
Trial court erred in upholding denial of conditional use application for B&B estate where applicant was entitled to variance from requirement that guest rooms utilize owner-occupied structures. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.
Plaintiff homeowners filed preliminary objections to additional defendant homeowners association's second amended counterclaim. The court sustained the preliminary objections and dismissed defendant's second amended counterclaim against plaintiffs.
The court considered whether scheduled hearings to determine damages and sanctions against defendants should be stayed pending defendants' interlocutory appeals. The court stayed further proceedings pending resolution of defendants' appeals in order to conserve judicial resources and permit further action as appropriate in light of the appellate court's resolution of defendants' appeals.
Appellant developer appealed township's denial of its applications for a special exception and variances for construction of a solar farm. The court reversed, finding that a solar farm was not a use provided for in the township zoning ordinance and that appellee zoning hearing board erred in finding no unnecessary hardship using a strict practically valueless standard.