June 26, 2023
A Pennsylvania federal judge refused Monday to stay an upcoming July 17 trial for home construction giant NVR Inc.'s suit over a 2018 landslide that damaged several homes.
April 24, 2023
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday dismissed several contractors from building giant Ryan Homes' lawsuit alleging they were partly responsible for a landslide that resulted in the condemnation of multiple homes, but he left claims against a developer alive.
November 18, 2022
Ryan Homes said that developers and an assortment of contractors shouldn't be able to duck claims stemming from a 2018 landslide at a housing development outside Pittsburgh, telling a Pennsylvania federal court that they owed Ryan a duty of care as the eventual purchaser of the lots.
January 13, 2022
The homeowner's association for a Ryan Homes development rocked by a landslide can't duck the project engineer's third-party complaint that the HOA was responsible for maintenance and shared the blame for the damage, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled.
August 06, 2021
A group of Pennsylvania homeowners whose properties were damaged or lost in a 2018 landslide asked a Pennsylvania federal court to pause a lawsuit by Ryan Homes against the developer Friday, since the developer's Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan could pay the homeowners and release a number of third-party defendants and cross-claimants from the suit.
September 26, 2019
A Pennsylvania federal court on Wednesday rejected a home builder's request to freeze a developer's assets or put $7 million into an escrow account in a fight over who is liable for landslide damage, finding that because no judgment has been entered it lacks the authority to do so.