LANDLORD'S NEGLIGENCE

Landlord Not Responsible for Her Son's Attack on Tenant's Boyfriend

June 16, 2022    

Tenant's boyfriend was injured during an altercation with tenant's brother that occurred on the stairway outside tenant's apartment. The boyfriend then sued landlord, who lived in the building's...

Tenant Sues Landlord After Chemicals Discharged from Air Conditioner

June 16, 2022    

Tenant sued landlord, along with its contractor that did certain pointing and brick replacement work on the building exterior, to recover damages for personal injuries. She was injured one day in March 2013 when...

Tenant's Housekeeper Claims Landlord Responsible for Trip-and-Fall from Elevator

May 25, 2022    

Tenant's housekeeper sued landlord and elevator company, claiming that she suffered injuries due to a misleveled elevator. The housekeeper alleged that, as she walked out of the elevator in the building, her foot...

Pedestrian Injured by Falling Lounge Chair Can Sue Absentee Tenants for Negligence

March 28, 2022    

A pedestrian sued a building's condominium corporation and apartment tenants after she was struck by a lounge chair that fell from the terrace of the 12th-floor penthouse apartment. Tenants asked the court to...

Did Lack of Staircase Handrail Cause Tenant's Injuries?

February 18, 2022    

Tenant sued landlord for negligence after she fell down an exterior staircase of her apartment building. Tenant claimed that she fell because the staircase was dark, there was no handrail, and there was garbage on...

Is NYCHA Responsible for Tenant's Burn Injuries from Heating Pipe?

February 15, 2022    

Tenant's family sued landlord NYCHA, after a now deceased tenant was burned when he came into contact with a heating pipe in his apartment that was between 218 and 235 degrees Fahrenheit. When NYCHA asked the...

Landlord Not Responsible for Attack on Tenant in Building

July 27, 2021    

Tenant sued landlord for negligence after she was assaulted by a masked and hooded man in the 20th floor corridor leading to her apartment. Landlord managed the building. Tenant claimed that the building's front...

Conviction of Landlord Who Caused Building Explosion, Death, and Injury Upheld

July 26, 2021    

In 2015, two people were killed and 13 injured in the explosion of an unauthorized gas line rigged between two apartment buildings. The landlord and his general contractor were convicted in criminal court on multiple...

Did Landlord's Window Contractor Cause Tenant's Injuries?

July 26, 2021    

Tenant complained to landlord that the bottom part of his window was difficult to open. Landlord hired a glass and awning installation company to fix the window. Tenant later sued landlord and the glass company,...

Is Landlord Responsible for Fire That Killed Tenant?

June 22, 2021    

The daughter of a deceased rent-stabilized tenant sued landlord for wrongful death after tenant died in a fire that broke out in her apartment during the night while she was sleeping. The daughter claimed that the...

NYCHA Not Responsible for Murder of Tenant's Daughter During Gang Fight

May 6, 2021    

Tenant, on behalf of her daughter's estate, sued landlord NYCHA after her daughter was murdered in tenant's building. Tenant claimed that NYCHA's building security was negligent. Tenant's son was...

Landlord Not Responsible for Tenant's Slip and Fall

March 26, 2021    

Tenant sued landlord for negligence after a slip and fall that happened when she entered the building elevator. Video showed that tenant fell in a spot right behind where her daughter had just wheeled a suitcase into...