LANDLORD'S NEGLIGENCE

Was Landlord Responsible for Tenant's Slip and Fall in Driveway?

February 24, 2021    

Tenant sued landlord for damages after he slipped and fell on ice in the driveway of landlord's house. The court denied landlord's request to dismiss the case without trial following pretrial questioning and...

Was Landlord Responsible for Targeted Attack That Killed Tenant?

February 24, 2021    

Tenant's son sued landlord NYCHA for negligence after tenant was killed in the building. Tenant and her sons had moved from a rented house to a NYCHA apartment to get away from tenant's abusive fiance. The...

Did Improperly Installed Window Guard Cause Child's Fall?

February 22, 2021    

Tenant sued landlord after her child fell from the seventh-floor double-hung bedroom window in tenant's apartment. Tenant claimed that landlord and its employees caused or created an unsafe condition by...

Landlord and Security Company Not Responsible for Attack on Visitor

February 9, 2021    

A visitor to landlord's building sued landlord and its security service provider, claiming that she was assaulted while visiting tenant in his apartment. Tenant was the visitor's nephew and the visitor...

Was Lack of Nonskid Strips on Staircase Cause of Tenant's Fall?

January 26, 2021    

Tenant sued landlord for negligence after slipping on a building staircase between the first floor and the basement. Tenant claimed that her fall was caused by the stair itself, which was made of smooth granite and...

Landlord Wasn't Negligent in Maintaining Stairway

January 26, 2021    

Tenant sued landlord after she slipped and fell on what she claimed was a defective interior stairway located in her apartment. Tenant claimed that the risers and treads of the stairs weren't built in accordance...

Tenant Can't Prove Landlord Created Noise in Her Apartment

January 26, 2021    

Tenant sued landlord for breach of her lease and/or the warranty of habitability. She claimed that landlord abused her by a "noise apparatus" that she claimed was used for more than five years as a "...

Court Awards Tenant $5 Million After Injury from Ceiling Collapse

January 26, 2021    

Tenant sued prior and current landlords for damages after she was injured in her apartment. The building had been sold six days before the incident. Part of the ceiling collapsed on her, and she suffered tendon and...

Tenant Can Get Damages for Pain and Suffering After Ceiling Collapse

January 26, 2021    

Long-term tenant sued landlord in small claims court for $5,000, based on personal injuries he sustained in his apartment when a portion of the bathroom ceiling suddenly collapsed and fell on his head and neck....

Tenant's Claim of Gross Negligence Based on Black Soot in Unit Untimely

January 25, 2021    

Shareholder tenant sued landlord cooperative corporation for breach of his proprietary lease, breach of the warranty of habitability, gross negligence, and breach of fiduciary duty. Tenant claimed that there was...

Is Landlord Responsible for Negligent Hiring of Employees Who Injured Resident?

January 25, 2021    

Family members of a resident of a facility for intellectually and developmentally disabled adults sued landlord after two of landlord's employees burned resident with a heated potato masher. They claimed that...

Did Removal of Rain Mat Cause Slip-and-Fall on Stairs?

December 21, 2020    

Tenant sued landlord for negligence after she slipped and fell on marble steps leading to the building's vestibule. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without trial, claiming that it neither created nor...