PETS

Trial Needed to Determine Who Was Responsible for Injuries in Dog Attack

August 28, 2023    

A tenant at landlord's building sued landlord, various other tenants thought to be owners of the dog, and dog walkers after she was attacked by a dog outside the building and injured. The tenant asked the court...

Trial Needed to Determine If Landlord Responsible for Attack by Tenant's Dog

June 27, 2023    

Tioga County visitors sued tenant and tenant's landlord, after their daughter was attacked and injured by tenants' dog. The child's parent also suffered emotional distress when forced to rescue the child...

Co-op Waived Monetary Penalties Against Shareholder Tenant Who Violated No-Pet Policy

July 21, 2022    

Co-op shareholder tenant sued landlord co-op corporation for declaratory and injunctive relief. Tenant got a dog in February 2021, in violation of the building's policy against keeping pets. Despite seeing tenant...

Landlord Waited Too Long to Object to Tenant's Second, Oversized Dog

October 28, 2020    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for violating the pet policy in tenant's lease. The lease permitted tenant to have one dog that was under 50 pounds. But tenant had added a second dog and that dog was over 50 pounds...

Landlord Waited Too Long to Object to Tenant's Pitbull

October 23, 2019    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for keeping a pitbull dog in his apartment in violation of her lease. Tenant claimed that she had kept the dog since she moved into the apartment in 2014, and that landlord's staff...

Tenant's Son Can't Prove Unauthorized Dog Was Emotional Support Animal

September 22, 2019    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for keeping a dog in violation of a no-pets clause in her lease. Tenant didn't appear in court, but her adult son appeared. He lived with tenant and claimed that he needed the dog as...

Does Tenant's Service Dog Pose Threat to Staff and Other Tenants?

July 22, 2019    

Landlord NYCHA, after a hearing, directed schizophrenic tenant to remove his dog from his apartment and put tenant on probation for one year. Tenant filed an Article 78 appeal, claiming that landlord's decision...

Neither Landlord Nor Tenant Responsible for Tenant's Dog Bite

June 24, 2019    

Plaintiff sued tenant and owner of apartment where tenant lived after tenant's dog bit her. The court granted requests by both landlord and tenant to dismiss the case. The plaintiff appealed and lost. Neither...

Landlord Not Responsible for Dog Bite by Tenant's Dog

June 24, 2019    

Plaintiff sued landlord for damages from injuries she received when she was bitten by a dog owned by tenants in a house owned by landlord. She also claimed that landlord was negligent. The court denied landlord's...

Tenant Cured Lease Violation by Getting Rid of Two Pit Bulls

June 20, 2019    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for keeping pit bull dogs in her apartment without landlord's permission. The court ruled for landlord based on tenant's failure to appear in court. The court later denied tenant...

Tenant Can't Prove Dog Was Emotional Support Animal

May 24, 2019    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for keeping a dog in her apartment in violation of her lease. Tenant claimed that landlord's objection to the dog was untimely, and that the dog was an emotional support animal that...

Did Landlord Wait Too Long to Object to Tenant's Dog?

April 28, 2019    

Landlord sued to evict tenant after discovering that tenant kept a dog in his apartment in violation of tenant's lease. Landlord and tenant signed a probationary settlement agreement. Tenant agreed that he would...