Staffaroni v. City of Scranton

COLINS, Judge.

The City of Scranton (the City) petitions for review of an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County (Common Pleas) denying post-trial relief and making final a decree nisi granting Al and Emilie Staffaroni (the Staffaronis) injunctive relief and damages.

This dispute between the Staffaronis and the City began in December of 1987, when the City placed a pipe 15 inches in diameter (the drainage pipe) under Seymour Avenue, which pipe collected runoff water and dispersed the water onto the Staffaronis’ property. The Staffaronis objected to the City’s Director of Public…