Leichter v. Eastern Realty Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• liability of holder of easement for use of parking lot depended on whether holder was “in possession,” in light of its rights under the easement and the exercise thereof
• “We hold that the question of whether the holder of an easement is a “possessor” is a question for the fact-finder.”
• “whether a party is a ‘possessor’ of land is a determination to be made by the trier of fact”
• retailer holding easement over commercial parking lot co-extensive with easements held by other retailers had sufficient control over property to incur liability to invitees under Restatement (Second) of Torts, Section 344, concerning business premises open to the public
• retailer holding easement over commercial parking lot co-extensive with easements held by other retailers had sufficient control over property to incur liability to invitees under Restatement (Second) of Torts, Section 344, concerning business premises open to the public
• reviewing scope of § 344 liability

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Kerns v. Methodist Hospital
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-05-02· cited 56×
• Wagner v. Doehring
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-02-27· cited 54×
• Henery v. Shadle
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-07-11· cited 52×
• Blackman v. Federal Realty Investment Trust
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-08-24· cited 35×
• Whitmer v. Bell Telephone Co. of Pa.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-06· cited 33×
• Stanton v. Lackawanna Energy, Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-11-23· cited 32×
• Pamela Sutera, and James Sutera v. Go Jokir, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1996-06-17· cited 28×
• In Re One Meridian Plaza Fire Litigation
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1993-04-15· cited 26×
• Stanton v. Lackawanna Energy, Ltd.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-02-26· cited 18×
• Kapp v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 2004-12-10· cited 12×
• Tamerler v. South Whitehall Township Authority
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-01-08· cited 10×
• Dejesus v. Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2011-10-26· cited 3×
• In Re Condemnation Proceeding
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-01-08· cited 1×
• Eisbacher, A. v. Maytag Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-03-09
• Brooks v. Joymar Corp.
  Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 1989-02-21
• Ogozalek v. Goodfield
  Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas· 1993-06-24
• Siegfried v. Pa. Department of Transportation
  Northampton County Court of Common Pleas· 2014-06-24
• Cornish v. Scott Township
  Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas· 2013-04-05

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Kearns v. Clark
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-12· cited 55×
• Cooper v. Reading
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1958-05-02· cited 35×
• Leary v. Lawrence Sales Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-03-18· cited 32×
• Carswell v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-20· cited 31×
• Williams v. Cunningham Drug Stores, Inc
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1985-10-07· cited 8×