• Oceanview Prop. Mgmt. & Recovery Serv., LLC v. Baker

    Publication Date: 2024-07-05
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Non-Profit | Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Lazarus
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 292 WDA 2023

    Court rejected cross-petitioner's objection to appointment of conservator for abandoned/blighted property where appointed conservator had sufficient experience and a more developed plan that had the added benefit of creating affordable housing, and the trial court did not misinterpret the requirements or policy goals of the Abandoned and Blighted Property Act. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • McKenna v. Dep't of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-05
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Leavitt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 581 C.D. 2021

    Property owners were not entitled to board of viewers where replacement of highway interchange constituted a "reconstruction" permitted under the existing permanent easement and there was no evidence of impairment of use or value of the property. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • VFG Labar, LLC v. Simpson House, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-05
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Brody
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-2436

    The court granted plaintiff's motion to transfer venue of this partition action to the Middle District of Pennsylvania and granted plaintiff's motion to dismiss counts alleging tortious interference with business relations and fraudulent misrepresentation but denied plaintiff's motion to dismiss the unjust enrichment count.

  • Cogan Prop., LLC v. E. Union Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-05
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Cannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 619 C.D. 2023

    Applicant appealed from the trial court's order that affirmed the decision of a township zoning hearing board denying a special exception for a private recreational facility on applicant's property. The court affirmed, holding that there was no error in the denial of applicant's special exception use application where applicant failed to demonstrate that use of its property as a gun range was compatible, in nature and intensity, with the adjoining residential developments and the character of the zoning district and neighborhood where

  • Bradford Crossing Homeowners Ass'n, Inc. v. DeSimone

    Publication Date: 2024-07-05
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Chester County
    Judge: Judge Binder
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2023-05885-IR

    Plaintiff filed a Motion to Make Rule Absolute after obtaining a Rule per curiam requiring defendant's response to plaintiff's petition for special relief. The court denied the motion absent record evidence of original service of process on defendant, defendant's waiver of the right to proper service, or his consent to the court's jurisdiction.

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  • Xu v. McCray

    Publication Date: 2024-07-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Hangley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 98 EDA 2024

    In the absence of procedural compliance, the court recommended that the Superior Court quash or dismiss the appeal.

  • CM Goat, LLC v. Valdez

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 3176 EDA 2022

    Defendant appealed the order for specific performance in action over a real estate sales agreement and court held trial court properly found that a written contract existed and defendant breached it, there was no violation of the statute of frauds and defendant waived his right to arbitration. Affirmed.

  • King-Hagen v. Ingram

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 007764-CV-2023

    Plaintiff seller sued defendant buyer for ejectment from real property after a failed residential home sale. Following a non-jury trial, the court found in favor of plaintiff where defendant moved into the residence without permission despite expiration of the parties' "offer to purchase real estate" without a closing on the property.

  • Viall v. Garvin

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 869 MDA 2023

    Appellant's action in ejectment failed where appellant failed to establish a consentable boundary line. Judgment affirmed.

  • Veltri v. Elite Interior Design, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Hodge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 10847 OF 2022, C.A.

    The parties filed cross-motions for judgment on the pleadings in plaintiffs' action for fraud and related claims arising out of a residential home sale. The court denied both motions where the parties' pleadings created fact issues for resolution by a jury regarding defendant's alleged concealment of defects in the home and the extent of plaintiffs' awareness of the defects prior to closing.