Espy v. Butler Area Sewer Authority

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• work done by contractor outside of right-of-way exposes employer to liability for trespass, citing Culver v. Commonwealth, 346 Pa. 262, 29 A.2d 531 (1943)
• close relationship between independent contractor and authority insufficient to make authority a condemnor by virtue of the negligent acts of independent contractor
• contractor hired by sewer authority negligently installs sewer outside of right-of-way

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Deets v. Mountaintop Area Joint Sanitary Authority
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-08-02· cited 19×
• Darlington v. County of Chester
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-04-09· cited 18×
• Fulmer v. White Oak Borough
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-03-19· cited 18×
• Stein v. City of Philadelphia
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-04-17· cited 17×
• Lubecki v. Omega Logging, Inc.
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1987-12-18· cited 6×
• Palm Corp. v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-01-27· cited 6×
• Oxford v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-03-20· cited 6×
• Bucks County Water & Sewer Authority v. Approximately 9.180+ Sq. Ft. of Land Taken as Easement
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-05-04· cited 4×
• In re 105.92 Acres in Fee Situate Knox Township
  Clearfield County Court of Common Pleas· 1990-01-08

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Harborcreek Township v. RING ET UX.
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-01-17· cited 33×
• Condemnation of the Land & Property Jacobs
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-12-05· cited 31×
• In Re Condemnation by the Redevelopment Authority
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-12-30· cited 27×
• Lutzko v. Mikris, Inc.
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-12-18· cited 23×
• Condemnation of 2719, 2721 and 2711
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-08-01· cited 16×
• St. Catherine Church v. Mountaintop Area Joint Sanitary Authority
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-04-01· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Castillo
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-06-26· cited 10×
• West Penn Power Co. v. BRUNI
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-06-16· cited 7×
• Beckman v. Redevelopment Authority
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-06-16· cited 3×