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Constitutionality Of Tenant Disclosure Ordinance Upheld
In a recent decision handed down by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, a municipality recently withstood a...
Landlord May Be Responsible For Injuries Sustained On Leased Premises
A landlord is generally not liable for injuries sustained by third parties on his property. The reasoning is simple: Liability is based upon...
Nochumson Teaches “Landlord And Tenant Law In Pennsylvania”
Alan Nochumson served as a faculty speaker at the Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminar sponsored by the Lorman Education Services entitled...
Landlord Temporarily Enjoined From Evicting Disabled Tenant
Under the guise of the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, or FHAA, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in Milan v....
Condominium Unit Owner Not Defamed By Association Board Member
“The inmates are running the asylum”. Many times that is how condominium associations are viewed and described by disgruntled unit owners. Most unit...
Subsequent Purchasers Liable For Mortgage Lien Despite Existence Of Mortgage Satisfaction Piece
Whenever real estate is purchased, the buyer should obtain title insurance to protect their interest in the property. As part of procuring title...
Builder Lacks Insurance Coverage For Faulty Workmanship
What happens when a newly constructed home is not built in a workmanlike manner? The homeowner will certainly look to the builder for remediation....
Court Refuses To Find That Letter Of Intent Contains Duty To Negotiate In Good Faith
Letters of intent are commonly used in the commercial landlord-tenant context. In the simplest sense, a letter of intent is a desire for the parties...
Rental Applicants Do Not Have Viable ECOA And UTPCPL Claims
A recent decision handed down by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in Portis v. River House Associates sheds...
Purchaser Lacks Claim Against Title Insurer For Property’s Physical Defect
In most real estate transactions taking place in Pennsylvania, title insurance is purchased in order to protect against “defects” in title that may...