Is a Landlord Required to Provide a Smoke Alarm Under Doctrine of Implied Warranty of Habitability?

No. 1,264 ECHEVERRIA v. HOLLEY, 2016 PA Super. 119 (filed June 9, 2016). Summary: Failure of Landlord to provide a working fire detector may support either a contract claim under doctrine of warranty of habitability or a tort claim though negligence. A fire at a two-unit residential property claim the lives of three individuals. In […]

Seminar Update

No. 1,263 I will be participating in a Pennsylvania Bar Institute seminar at the PBI education facility in Pittsburgh on Landlord Tenant Law next Wednesday, June 29. The seminar topics go beyond the basics, including such areas a utility shut off, fair housing and human relations and eviction procedures. I will also participate in a […]

Flying Solo: Going to Court Without a Witness

No. 1,262 Summary: When your client cannot travel, you may have to consider calling the other party as a witness to prove your case. If your client lives half-way across the country and cannot come to trial, you may be forced to consider obtaining the testimony you need from the other party. In such a […]

Signs of the Times: Cell Phone Penalties Rise, But Rules Are Ignored.

No. 1,261 If your cell phone rings in the courtroom in the Allegheny County Common Pleas Criminal Division, expect it to be confiscated and expect to pay the Clerk of Courts $175.00 (according to one tipstaff) to get it back. An older sign stated that the penalty was $50.00. Apparently that didn’t work. Nevertheless, at […]

Rental Properties in Pennsylvania are Required to Have Operating Carbon Monoxide Detectors

No. 1,260 Carbon Monoxide Alarm Standards Act 35 P.S. § 7221 – 7227 (Current through 12/18/2013) (When referring to section numbers, use the last digit of each section. For example, 25 P.S. §7222 might be referred to as Section 2 of the Act) TABLE OF CONTENTS Short title Definitions Administration Carbon monoxide alarm requirements […]

Trends in the Law: Restroom Choice.

The Courts will soon be required to determine whether the state can require an individual to use public bathrooms that correspond to his/her biological sex when he/she states that this violates a right to choose the restroom that corresponds to the individual’s perceived sexual preference.

If You Don’t Know What This Sign Means, You Don’t Need to Know

No. 1,258

Pastaferians of the World Unite! The Flying Spaghetti Monster will Rise Again!

No. 1,257 Click the link below to read the full opinion IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA STEPHEN CAVANAUGH, Plaintiff, vs. RANDY BARTELT, et al., Defendants. 4:14-CV-3183 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER The plaintiff, Stephen Cavanaugh, is a prisoner in the Nebraska State Penitentiary. […]

Its not as good as the Taco Bell Liberty Bell, but it might make you smile.

No. 1,255

Daylight Savings

So what to do with all that pleasant daylight after dinner?

Take a walk. Or better yet, take a walk with a family member or a friend. Talk and walk.

And as long as we are are walking, select a destination. Like a coffee shop. Or the library.

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