Walsh | Walsh Barnes & Zumpella
PITTSBURGH – A pair of Pittsburgh homeowners argue that the landscaping company they hired, and not themselves, are liable for injuries that a local man suffered when an oak tree on the collapsed and fell on him.
Steven L. Orebaugh and Jennifer Orebaugh first filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Jan. 28 versus Blystone Tree and Landscaping, Inc. All parties are of Pittsburgh.
(Homeowners David A. Mosey and Gertrude Van Kirk were later joined as defendants.)
Mosey and Van Kirk own a residential property in Pittsburgh, upon which several trees were located, including a large oak tree in the front yard, rooted near a driveway that had been excavated after the tree had been growing for many years.
Eck | Tucker Arensberg
PITTSBURGH – A landscaping firm contends that a pair of Pittsburgh homeowners, and not itself, are responsible for injuries that a local man suffered when an oak tree collapsed and fell on him.
Steven L. Orebaugh and Jennifer Orebaugh first filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Jan. 28 versus Blystone Tree and Landscaping, Inc. All parties are of Pittsburgh.
The suit said that David A. Mosey and Gertrude Van Kirk (not parties to the litigation) own a residential property in Pittsburgh, upon which several trees were located, including a large oak tree in the front yard, rooted near a driveway that had been excavated after the tree had been growing for many years.
PITTSBURGH – A building materials distributor is refuting the cross-claims of an Ohio lumber company, who blamed it for supplying allegedly defective lumber that led a Washington County man to sustain significant structural and mold damage to his property.
Nathaniel W. Cale of Chartiers Township first filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on Nov. 16 versus Keim Lumber Company, of Charm, Ohio.
“In or around February 2019, plaintiff and Keim Lumber entered into an oral contract with relation to the project, under which Keim Lumber agreed to furnish certain lumber materials for the construction and development of the residential dwelling on the property, including, but not limited to, boards, joists and trusses to be utilized to install the framing throughout the residential dwelling,” the suit said.