E-Z Parks, Inc. v. Philadelphia Parking Authority

Opinion by Judge Doyle,

E-Z Parks, Inc. (E-Z Parks) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County dismissing its action against the Philadelphia Parking Authority (Authority) for failure to join an indispensable party to the action, viz., the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (Department). We affirm.

This case concerns the same piece of property involved in our decision in E-Z Parks, Inc. v. Larson, 91 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 600, 498 A.2d 1364 (1985), aff'd per curiam, 509 Pa. 496, 503 A.2d 931 (1986) (E-Z Parks I). The property at the center of the storm in…