Brown v. Scalise

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA HAMMOND DIVISION AT SOUTH BEND DEBORAH SULLIVAN BROWN, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs / Counter Defendants, ) ) v. ) ) Cause No. 3:20-CV-680-PPS ROSARIO SCALISE, ) ) Defendant / Counter Claimant. ) ) OPINION AND ORDER At its core, this case concerns what it means to be a good neighbor. It is a cautionary tale of the extreme breakdown of the relationship between owners of neighboring beachfront properties in Michigan City, Indiana. The Plaintiffs are Deborah and Gerry Brown and David Broitman who was the Successor Trustee of his father’s trust.…