Scungio Borst & Associates v. 410 Shurs Lane Developers, LLC

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT SCUNGIO BORST & ASSOCIATES : No. 30 EAL 2015 : : v. : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the : Order of the Superior Court : 410 SHURS LANE DEVELOPERS, LLC : AND KENWORTH II, LLC AND ROBERT : DEBOLT : : : PETITION OF: SCUNGIO BORST & : ASSOCIATES : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 28th day of July, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue as set forth by Petitioner is: Did the lower court commit an error of law or abuse its discretion in granting summary judgment to [Robert] DeBolt under [the Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act (“CASPA”), 73 P.S. §§ 501 et seq.], where: (a) CASPA makes the owner [(410 Shurs Lane Developers, LLC)] and the “agent of the owner acting with the owner’s authority” (DeBolt) liable to contractors such as [Petitioner], (b) DeBolt is a fifty percent owner of [410 Shurs Lane Developers], (c) [Petitioner] consistently dealt with DeBolt and received his authorizations for change orders, (d) [Petitioner] never received payment for the change orders, and (e) [Petitioner’s] construction of CASPA is consistent with the courts’ construction of the Wage Payment and Collection Law[, 43 P.S. §§ 260.1 et seq.]?