Newcrete Products v. City of Wilkes-Barre

OPINION BY

Judge SIMPSON.

In this appeal, we are asked whether the doctrines of piercing the corporate veil and equitable subrogation are available avenues of relief where a municipality allegedly influences its redevelopment authority to perpetrate inequity against a vendor. Specifically, Newcrete Products (New-crete) appeals an order of the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas (trial court) that sustained the City of Wilkes-Barre’s (City) preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer. Newcrete contends the equitable doctrines, which typically apply to private business corporations, are…