Peluso v. Kistner

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

Pasquele and Carol Peluso appeal an order of the Court of Common Pleas of the 26th Judicial District, Columbia County Branch (trial court) that dismissed their complaint for damages. The Pelusos seek damages from Hemlock Township and its former employee, Joseph W. Kistner, for the reduction in the value of their property that was occasioned by the Township’s refusal to reissue the Pelusos an on-lot sewage treatment permit. The trial court held that the Pelusos’ complaint was barred by the doctrine of governmental immunity. The Pelusos contend that the trial court erred…