Gosnell $ is tied up

Bargain hunters, take note: Kermit Gosnell won't be selling off his sizable Shore house or the six other properties he owns any time soon.

Common Pleas Judge Paul Panepinto on Friday granted a temporary injunction that prevents the West Philly abortion doctor, who's accused of murdering a female patient and seven babies, from liquidating his assets in a bid to avoid paying out a potential settlement from a civil lawsuit.

The injunction was sought by Bernard Smalley, the attorney representing the family of Karna Maya Mongar, who died while having an abortion at Gosnell's clinic in November 2009.

Mongar's family filed a civil suit against Gosnell in January.

A hearing will be held March 9 to determine if the injunction should be made permanent.

Gosnell - or, more likely, his attorney, Jack McMahon - will have to bring a list of all the properties Gosnell and his wife own to that hearing, Smalley said.

The injunction prevents Gosnell from, say, transferring the deed to his $984,000 home in Brigantine, N.J., to a relative for a dollar, or selling off his clinic, the Women's Medical Society, at 38th Street and Lancaster Avenue, for less than market value.

Gosnell would be able to sell some properties to pay legal fees, but he won't be able to hold a real-estate fire sale and then cry poor at the conclusion of the civil lawsuit.