Barak, G. v. Karolizki, E.

OPINION BY KUNSELMAN, J.:

I. Introduction

Golan Barak filed a lis pendens 1 in the Allegheny County Department of Court Records' judgment index against a certain piece of real estate. 2 In reviewing the lis *212 pendens , the trial court applied the wrong legal test - namely, the standard for a preliminary injunction - and ordered the court clerks to remove the lis pendens from their judgment index. In that same order, the trial court also erroneously directed that the proceeds from a sale of the real estate be placed into escrow pending this litigation's outcome. Mr. Barak appeals that order, and…