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Court: Landlord Not Liable For Injuries Sustained On Leased Premises
In a recent decision, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania in Matthews v. Wince, 2017 Pa. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1388 (April 13), upheld a trial court...
Publications (11)
What Law Exists To Support Renters Who Do Not Get Their Security Deposit Back After 30 days?
Most of our lives are spent in real estate. Whether it’s an apartment or house we rent, own, or develop, or that office job where we work 9 to 5. We...
Court: Arbitration Clause In Home Inspection Is Enforceable
Most, if not almost all, written agreements of sale to purchase residential real estate in Pennsylvania are conditioned upon a satisfactory property...
Superior Court Strikes Improperly Obtained Lis Pendens
Earlier this year, in Brown v. Premier Properties, 2014 Pa. Dist. & Cnty. Dec. LEXIS 64 (March 6, 2014), a trial court judge in Allegheny County...
Unit Owners Are Always Responsible For Association Assessments
Benjamin Franklin once said that there are only two certainties in life—death and taxes. A recent decision handed down by the Commonwealth Court of...
Court Weighs In On Affirmative Defenses To Confessed Judgment
When a tenant commits a default of a commercial lease, the landlord typically has several options to obtain a judgment for possession of the leased...
Court: Gym Membership Agreement Prohibits Member’s Negligence Claim
As this year draws to a close, we are planning for our resolutions for the new year. For most of us, it will be, of course, shedding a few pounds and...
Court: Mixed-Use Property May Be Redeemed After Tax Sale
As the real estate market in Philadelphia continues its upper trajectory, the city of Philadelphia has been aggressively selling tax delinquent...
Court Hands Down Multimillion Dollar Judgment Against Default Landlord
In Gamesa Energy USA v. Ten Penn Center, 2016 Phila. Ct. Com. Pl. LEXIS 270 (July 22, 2016), Judge Ramy I. Djerassi found that a landlord committed a...
Court: No Duty To Disclose Unrecorded Loan Documents
Late last month, in LEM2Q v. Guaranty National Title, 2016 Pa. Super. LEXIS 413 (July 28, 2016), the Superior Court of Pennsylvania found that a...