Landlord Tenant Law

  • Daily Report Online | News

    Can Landlord Be Liable for Tenants' Pit Bull Attack?

    By Katheryn Tucker | October 10, 2018

    Landlord tries to persuade Georgia Supreme Court not to hold him accountable for a disfiguring attack after his tenants' pit bulls broke out and ran off.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    Realty Law Digest

    By Scott E. Mollen | October 9, 2018

    Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses three landlord-tenant cases: “Landucci v. de la Rosa,” “Edwards v. N.Y.C. Hous. Auth.,” and “Capital 155 E. 55th v. Garden House School of N.Y.”

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    Realty Law Digest

    By Scott E. Mollen | October 2, 2018

    Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses the adverse possession case “Yee v. Panousopoulos,” the landlord-tenant case, “Matter of Tejada,” and the foreclosure case “Courchevel 1850 LLC v. Stern.”

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    Nonpayment Proceedings: The “Stale Rent” Defense

    By Warren A. Estis and Michael E. Feinstein | October 2, 2018

    In their Landlord/Tenant column, Warren Estis and Michael Feinstein discuss Webster Ave. Holdings v. Pough, a case which “stands as a reminder that landlords must be diligent in enforcing their rights under the lease to collect rent arrears, and that delays in commencing a proceeding could provide the tenant with a “stale rent” defense.”

  • New York Law Journal | News

    Attorney Ordered to Testify Over Medical Info Request in Support Animal Housing Suit

    By Colby Hamilton | September 21, 2018

    A U.S. magistrate judge ruled that an attorney's role in requesting medical information from an ill tenant requesting an emotional support animal wasn't shielded by privilege.

  • The Legal Intelligencer | News

    Court: Lawyer's Neglect Following Serious Illness Does Not Warrant Opening Judgment

    By Zack Needles | September 20, 2018

    In Becrett v. R&H Resources, a three-judge panel ruled 2-1 to uphold a trial judge's denial of strip mall owner Becrett's bid to reopen a lease dispute involving one of its tenants that had been tossed out on summary judgment.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    Realty Law Digest

    By Scott E. Mollen | September 18, 2018

    Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses 'Sanjana v. King,' where the sellers were entitled to keep the deposit where the buyers failed to obtain a mortgage commitment and timely cancel the contract; '230 E. 48th St. LLC v. Campisi,' where the court found that by renting her stabilized apartment through Airbnb, the tenant “commercialized her apartment” and treated it as a de facto hotel; and 'E. Midtown Plaza Hous. Co. v. Gamble,' where the landlord established entitlement to summary judgment of possession of the subject apartment based on illegal use of the premises.

  • Daily Business Review | News

    Puerto Rican Evacuees Hunt for Housing as Vouchers Expire

    By Mike Schneider and Alanna Durkin Richer | September 13, 2018

    The clock began ticking late last month for hundreds of Puerto Rican evacuees who rely on federal assistance to pay for hotel rooms. A federal judge in Massachusetts set Friday as the deadline for the vouchers to end.

  • New York Law Journal

    Realty Law Digest

    By Scott E. Mollen | September 11, 2018

    Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses two landlord-tenant cases: “Park N. Realty v. Cheik,” where the court dismissed a claim for possessory judgment based on laches, and “Matter of Sung v. Jiha,” where tenants defeated NYC Department of Finance's effort to recoup DRIE credits.

  • New York Law Journal

    Realty Law Digest

    By Scott E. Mollen | September 4, 2018

    Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses two commercial landlord-tenant cases: “325 E. 14th St. Corp. v. Marie France Realty,” where neither party was a “prevailing party”; and “D'Jesus Rest. Corp. v. 1133 Boston Rd. LLC,” where the court held that the landlord did not tortiously interfered with tenant's sale of her restaurant.

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