• Gomez-Baldwin v. Manno

    Publication Date: 2023-05-08
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Zulick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 474 CV 2020

    Plaintiff filed exceptions to a master's report and return of sale in plaintiff's action seeking partition of real property. The trial court approved and adopted the report and return of sale with an adjustment to award plaintiff recovery of her counsel fees as a sanction for defendant's obstructive conduct.

  • Valvano v. Pennsylvania Am. Water Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-01
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22 CV 2925

    The court denied in part and sustained in part preliminary objections to a property damage suit on the basis that property owner plaintiffs failed to allege trespassory intent but satisfactorily alleged a nuisance claim on the basis that utility company defendant encroached onto their land.

  • In re: Condemnation by the City of Nanticoke

    Publication Date: 2023-04-10
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Leadbetter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1426 C.D. 2021

    Condemnees argued trial court erred in dismissing their objections to declarations of taking and court found its consideration of the appeal was impeded by the lack of specific findings of fact in the record and the matter had to be remanded to address issues as to how authority actually planned to use the properties and to whom the primary benefits would accrue. Vacated and remanded.

  • Merritts v. Richards

    Publication Date: 2023-04-10
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-1335

    District court erred in dismissing property owner's challenge to the taking of an easement and arguing an unlawful taking, a violation of substantive and procedural due process, the amount of compensation was unjust because court found district court overextended Burford abstention, owner's §1983 claims for damages based on the unlawful acquisition of the easements had to be dismissed under Rooker-Feldman and ordered district court to adjudicate owner's just-compensation-related §1983 claims for damages against PennDOT officials in th

  • Bolus v. Wright

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21 CV 5016

    The court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment and dismissed plaintiff's claim for damages on the grounds that the damage to the property occurred prior to the time plaintiff was in possession of and the owner of the property.

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  • G.V. Homes, Inc. v. Frempong

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Younge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 0206

    Defendants' attempts to relitigate matters previously decided by other judges were inapposite where the sole issue in an ejectment action was a tax lien purchaser's right to eject defendants from residential property. The trial court awarded possession to the plaintiff and recommended that its decision be affirmed on appeal.

  • Francis v. LCP N. Third, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-03-27
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Construction | Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Lazarus
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 665 EDA 2022

    Court affirmed verdict in breach of contract action where sufficient evidence supported finding that defendant breached contractual obligation by not intending to promptly complete property construction, which prevented plaintiff from closing on the property and making a profit on the sale. Order and judgment of the trial court affirmed.

  • Wojciak v. Pustova

    Publication Date: 2023-03-27
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    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
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    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
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    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.