• Borough of Brookhaven v. Carman

    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Ceisler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 761 C.D. 2022

    Trial court abused discretion in denying without a hearing a petition to intervene nunc pro tunc in property conservatorship proceedings where it was patently obvious from the face of the record that proposed intervenor had an ownership interest in the property and was not served with notice of the conservatorship. Order of the trial court vacated, case remanded.

  • Carlino E. Brandywine, L.P. v. E. Brandywine Twp.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Ceisler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 367 C.D. 2022

    Trial court erred in ordering injunction that failed to return the parties to the status quo ante and effectively granted a permanent injunction despite plaintiff merely requesting preliminary injunctive relief. Order of the trial court vacated and remanded.

  • Bindas v. Commonwealth

    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 27 WAP 2022

    Landowner appealed the Commonwealth Court's en banc decision affirming the trial court's order sustaining the preliminary objections of appellee Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to appellant's petition for the appointment of a board of viewers. The court held that the failure of appellee's predecessor in interest to comply with a statutory duty to ensure both the filing and the indexing of its highway right of way plan in county deed records meant appellee lacked an enforceable easement on appellant's property.

  • Palmer v. Palena

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Chester County
    Judge: Judge Binder
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2021-02843-RC

    The court issued its decision after a bench trial in a real property boundary dispute between plaintiff and defendant. The court held that plaintiff held exclusive title and ownership interest in a 21 square foot disputed area between the parties' residential lots pursuant to the consentable line doctrine.

  • City of Philadelphia v. A Kensington Joint, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Cannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 823 C.D. 2023

    Trial court did not err or abuse its discretion in ordering the preliminary relief of entering, inspecting and vacating the occupants of the property but erred to the extent it simultaneously allowed demolition as a remedy to abate property violations based on the record in the case. Affirmed in part and vacated in part.

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  • Pratt v. Maggie

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Hodge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 10974 OF 2022,C.A.

    Plaintiff landlords sought summary judgment in their action against defendant tenants for breach of a residential lease and recovery of possession of the leased premises. The court granted plaintiffs' motion.

  • N-Jie v. Commonwealth

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Leavitt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 719 C.D. 2022

    Trial court did not err in concluding DOT unreasonably exercised its police power in removing a pedestrian footbridge that was the only access to landowner's property, DOT's action constituted a de facto taking and trial court made the findings board of viewers needed to determine damages. Affirmed.

  • Stroudsburg Borough v. VFG Labar LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Zulick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 4297 Civil 2021

    Plaintiff borough petitioned for a preliminary injunction requiring defendant property owners to raze a dilapidated structure. The court granted the preliminary injunction, ordering defendants to either repair the derelict building or raze it.

  • Drake v. Schwartz

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Health Care | Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Chester County
    Judge: Judge Binder
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2019-07345-PL

    Defendants, as owners and landlords of real property leased to a nursing home tenant, sought summary judgment in plaintiffs' action for nursing home negligence. The court granted defendants' motion, rejecting plaintiffs' argument that the "dangerous condition" that caused a patient's injuries was a condition of severe understaffing due to financial hardships imposed on the tenant under its lease agreement.

  • Adames v. Tolomello

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Mellon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2022-72332

    Plaintiff appealed the court's decision to sustain defendant's preliminary objections, dismissing his complaint and striking the broker's lien against a property. Court filed an opinion in support of its order.