2/15/2019 Harrisburg, PA. This week we completed a non-jury trial against a real estate brokerage company. We alleged the company negligently failed to supervise one of its agents. This was a type of Real Estate Br...
Read MoreSPECIFIC PERFORMANCE APPEAL
2/15/2019 We just received an opinion from the Superior Court reversing a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County in a case claiming specific performance against a defaulting buyer. The case involved clients who agreed to sell thei...
Read MoreVerdict Against Fraudulent Real Estate Agent
Verdict against real estate agent for fraud
Read MoreWhat the Heck is Tacking?
We just successfully finished an interesting trial on the subject of Tacking. Our client lost patience with his next door neighbor. About 20 years ago the daughter of the longtime neighbor moved in and doubled the size of the home and expanded her ...
Read MoreAdephia Gateway Easement Language
12/13/2017 Adelphia Gateway is relying on easement language in easement created by other companies. In most cases the easement was with Interstate Energy Company. The language in those older easements allows the operator to put in a pipeline for...
Read MoreAdelphia Gateway Pipeline NOW active
The Adelphia Gateway Pipeline is currently sending notices to property owners. The letters deal with the re-tasking of the former pipeline from oil to gas. Adelphia is using Western Land Services as its agent. Think of Land Agents (Land Men) as ad...
Read MoreStucco Verdict against Remediation Contractor
Tupitza & Associates, P.C. obtained an $813,000 verdict for clients on June 21, 2017, against stucco remediation contractor Atlantic Remediation and Restoration Contractors, LLC. (“ARRC”) and its principal, Harry Weatherby. The ver...
Read MoreTownship Sues Sunoco Pipeline,L.P.
2/17/2017 West Goshen Township, in Chester County has filed a complaint with the Public Utilities Commission against Sunoco Pipeline, LP over the Mariner East pipeline. The suit alleges a breach of an agreement with the township. The Pipelines Sunoc...
Read MoreCommon Mistake Leads to Quashing of Partition Appeal
Feb 10, 2017 The Superior Court just quashed a Partition case, based on a common misunderstanding of the appellate rules. In Zablocki v. Beining, 2017 Pa. Super 32, an appeal was taken after the Court adopted the Report of a Master and Ordered the ...
Read MoreCFPB issues $3.5M Kickback Fine
February 2, 2017 The CFPB, (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) this week ordered Prospect Mortgage to pay a $3.5 million fine for improper mortgage referrals. The CFPB called it a kickback scheme. There are three reasons why the mortgage company ...
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