TRIZECHAHN GATEWAY LLC v. TITUS

No. 51 WAP 2008, No. 53 WAP 2008.

976 A.2d 474 (2009)

TRIZECHAHN GATEWAY LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, Appellant v. Paul H. TITUS, James H. McConomy, Lindsey D. Alton, Thomas D. Arbogast, S. Link Christian, David I. Cohen, Suzanne L. DeWalt, Donald T. Dulac, Jr., Martin J. Hagan, Thomas M. Hardiman, Henry R. Johnston, III, Stephen R. Kaufman, David B. Mulvihill, David G. Oberdick, Manning J. O'Connor II, Debra M. Parrish, Adrian N. Roe, Thomas J. Santone, Mark Stadler, C. Richter Taylor, Jr., Charles B. Watkins, Thomas C. Wettach, as Individuals, Trading and doing Business as Titus & McConomy, a Pennsylvania General Partnership, also known as Titus & McConomy, LLP, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 22, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Aaron Hamermesh, Esq., Mark Alan Aronchick, Esq., Hangley, Aronchick, Segal & Pudlin, P.C., Philadelphia, Albert J. Zangrilli, Jr., Esq., Yukevich Marchetti Liekar & Zangrilli, P.C., Pittsburgh, for Trizechahn Gateway LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company (51 WAP 2008, 52 WAP 2008, 53 WAP 2008).

Thomas C. Wettach, Esq., Cohen & Grigsby, P.C., Pittsburgh, Robert O. Lampl, Esq., for Thomas C. Wettach (51 WAP 2008, 52 WAP 2008 53 WAP 2008).

Thomas D. Arbogast, Esq., Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, L.L.P., Pittsburgh, for Thomas D. Arbogast (51 WAP 2008, 52 WAP 2008, 53 WAP 2008).

Suzanne L. DeWalt, Esq., Sherrard, German & Kelly, P.C., Pittsburgh, for Suzanne L. DeWalt, Pro Se (51 WAP 2008, 52 WAP 2008, 53 WAP 2008).

Erik Sobkiewicz, Esq., Douglas A. Campbell, Esq., Pittsburgh, for Titus & McConomy, et al (51 WAP 2008, 52 WAP 2008, 53 WAP 2008).

Dianna Calaboyias Wyrick, Esq., Reed Smith, L.L.P., Pittsburgh, for Hardiman, Parrish and Kaufman (51 WAP 2008, 52 WAP 2008, 53 WAP 2008).

John R. O'Keefe, Esq., Metz Lewis, L.L.C., Pittsburgh, for Mulvihill, O'Connor and Stadler (51 WAP 2008, 52 WAP 2008, 53 WAP 2008).

Kenneth John Witzel, Esq., Watkins, Dulac & Roe, P.C., Pittsburgh, for Dulac, Johnston and Watkins (51 WAP 2008, 52 WAP 2008, 53 WAP 2008).

Daniel Boyle McLane, Esq., Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, L.L.C., Pittsburgh; Bruce Philip Merenstein, Esq., Carl A. Solano, Esq., Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for Titus, Alton, Hagan and Mulvihill (51 WAP 2008, 52 WAP 2008, 53 WAP 2008).

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., and SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY and GREENSPAN, JJ.


OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

This appeal involves a commercial landlord/tenant dispute in which the tenant, a now-dissolved law firm, defaulted on rent payments and moved out of the building with several years remaining on the lease. The legal questions raised pertain to individual partner liability, lease interpretation, and the award of counsel fees.

I. Background

In 1995, a third-party landlord and the law firm of Titus & McConomy...

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