Legal Opinion

Orange Stones Co. v. City of Reading

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 21, 2014PublishedCited by 69 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Judge McCULLOUGH.

Orange Stones Company (Orange Stones) appeals the February 19, 2013 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County (trial court), which sustained the preliminary objections of the City of Reading (the City) and the City’s attorney Fred Lachat (Lachat),1 (collectively, Defendants) and dismissed with prejudice Orange Stones’ second amended complaint asserting claims for wrongful use of civil proceedings, abuse of process, and intentional interference with contractual relations. We affirm.

I. Faets/Procedural History

By way of background, the City filed a complaint…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Geary v. United States Steel Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  2. GLENN v. Point Park CollegeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  3. Vattimo v. Lower Bucks Hospital, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  4. Pelagatti v. CohenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Rosen v. American Bank of RollaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993

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