CREIGHTON PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC v. LEWIS BROTHERS, INC.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA CREIGHTON PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 2:21-cv-279 Vv. Hon. William S. Stickman IV LEWIS BROTHERS, INC., Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION WILLIAM S. STICKMAN IV, United States District Judge I. INTRODUCTION Pennsylvania courts have adopted the “gist of the action” doctrine which bars a party from maintaining a tort clatm where the true “gist” of the party’s cause of action alleges the failure to satisfy duties established and governed by the terms of a contract. Plaintiff, Creighton Property…