Thompson v. Wean

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

In this zoning case, petitioners Daniel Thompson, Richard Gaier and the Shadyside Action Coalition appeal from an Allegheny County Common Pleas Court order affirming a decision of the Pittsburgh Zoning Board of Adjustment which granted a variance to the respondent, Carolyn Wean.

*110We must determine whether an earlier proceeding involving the subject property operates as res judicata to bar the present action, and if not, whether the zoning board abused its discretion or committed an error of law by granting the variance.1

The property involved in this appeal is located at…