Albrecht v. Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund

SCHEB, Judge.

This appeal arises out of appellants’ inverse condemnation action against appel-lees and the Department of Environmental Regulation (DER). Appellants’ suit seeks compensation based on allegations that the actions of appellees and DER resulted in a taking of submerged lands which appellants’ predecessor in title purchased from appellees.

During the pleadings stage of the suit, appellees moved to dismiss the action against them but the court denied the motion. Later, at a pretrial conference, appel-lees again moved for involuntary dismissal of the action against them. The judge…