A pedestrian sued landlord NYCHA after falling over a cardboard box near the walkway of landlord's building. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that it followed a reasonable cleaning routine...
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 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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
