PHILADELPHIA - The Borough of Quakertown is suing several Verizon entities, citing alleged conversion and trespassing.
Quakertown filed a complaint Aug. 7 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Pennsylvania Inc., Verizon Online LLC, Verizon Pennsylvania Co., Verizon Pennsylvania LLC and Verizon North LLC, claiming the defendants violated the Declaratory Judgment Act by using borough-owned poles within the rights-of-way without authority and consent.
According to the complaint, the parties agreed on March 30, 2009 that the borough owned the poles and rights-of-way in question.