Beach Street Corp. v. A.P. Construction Co.

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

In late 1984, the City of Philadelphia hired appellee, A.P. Construction, to build a storm sewer through the Old Cramps Shipyard, near the Delaware River. A.P. worked on the project from 1985 until February of 1988. In building the storm sewer, A.P. Construction dumped debris (called “soil and spoil” below) onto the Beach Street property owned by John Connelly and the Estate of Louis Silverstein.

In November of 1989, Connelly and Silver-stein sold the Beach Street property to Longmead Homes, which later became appellant, the Beach Street Corporation. In August of 1990, Beach…