Sentences with phrase «brought against landlords»

Numerous lead - poisoning lawsuits have been brought against landlords.

Leonard Litwin's Glenwood Management will pay nearly $ 1 million and retrofit a handful of Manhattan apartment buildings after settling a Fair Housing Act lawsuit federal prosecutors brought against the landlord over lack of accessibility at its properties.

Not exact matches

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who brought the charges against Croman, called the disgraced landlord «a fraudster and a criminal» who schemed to defraud his lenders, New York Community Bank and Capital One Bank.

That's according to a May 10 court filing in a New York civil case brought by a landlord against Jeffrey Yohai.

Krueger said legislative leaders still couldn't provide answers about the future of the state's Tenant Protection Unit, and whether the deal would curb some of office's power to bring court cases against bad landlords.

«This settlement shows our enforcement efforts have motivated major developers like Glenwood to embrace their obligations under the law by making retrofits in thousands of apartments, compensating aggrieved parties, and establishing procedures to ensure accessibility at ongoing and future development projects,» Bharara said in a statement, noting this is the 10th case of this kind his office brought against city landlords.

Additionally, the law creates a Fair Housing Board and allows anyone — regardless of if they have been aggrieved — to bring a complaint against a landlord.

Among the proposed laws is a bill that would create a «rebuttable presumption,» which would mean a tenant would not have to prove intent in order to bring a harassment claim against a landlord in court.

Many people who are unable to adopt their own cats are able to visit with them responsibly; instead of bringing a cat home against a landlord's wishes or without the financial means to care for one.

If an executor has been appointed, a landlord may evict the estate by bringing an eviction action against the executor who stands in the shoes of the tenant for this purpose.

By the same token, it is open to a landlord to bring a claim against a tenant for obstructing an enforcement agent and / or interfering with controlled goods without lawful excuse.

«TCC claims 2.1 The following are examples of the types of claim which it may be appropriate to bring as TCC claims --(a) building or other construction disputes, including claims for the enforcement of the decisions of adjudicators under the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996; (b) engineering disputes; (c) claims by and against engineers, architects, surveyors, accountants and other specialised advisers relating to the services they provide; (d) claims by and against local authorities relating to their statutory duties concerning the development of land or the construction of buildings; (e) claims relating to the design, supply and installation of computers, computer software and related network systems; (f) claims relating to the quality of goods sold or hired, and work done, materials supplied or services rendered; (g) claims between landlord and tenant for breach of a repairing covenant; (h) claims between neighbours, owners and occupiers of land in trespass, nuisance etc; (i) claims relating to the environment (for example, pollution cases); (j) claims arising out of fires; (k) claims involving taking of accounts where these are complicated; and (l) challenges to decisions of arbitrators in construction and engineering disputes including applications for permission to appeal and appeals.»

If the landlord has received notice of the appointment of an executor, the landlord may take possession by bringing an eviction action against the executor under Fl..

Defending our clients against these claims has also brought into play our experience and skill in other legal areas, such as landlord and tenant law and consumer protection acts.

Today, Sir Stephen Silber (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) dismissed a judicial review challenge brought by a consortium of developers and private landlords against the decision of the London Borough of Croydon to introduce a selective licensing scheme for all private landlords in their borough: R (Croydon Property Forum Limited) v. London Borough of Croydon.

Recent highlights include acting for two individuals in separate claims relating to adverse possession; handling a lease renewal claim for a car dealership; acting for a private tenant in an enfranchisement claim regarding a property in Central London; and representing a national commercial landlord in bringing a dilapidations claim against a former tenant.

If you are injured in a swimming pool accident, you may bring a claim against one or several parties, including the property owner, landlord, tenant, contractor, property management company or equipment manufacturer.

In this one, landlord had to bring a «coercive» declaratory relief action against a commercial tenant based on winning a prior action in which tenant was only allowed to use common areas behind its store for loading / unloading purposes only.

Plaintiff brought a premises liability suit against landlord, garnering a $ 311,899.67 damages award.

They have no right to bring a claim for disrepair (or any other breach of covenant) against their landlord.

Oceanside renters insurance will also protect you against liable charges that your landlord may bring against you if you are found responsible for causing a fire or other type of damage.

The concern is understandable — you want to protect yourself against the risks that life brings, you're not all that interested in protecting the landlord.

It will also protect you against liable suits that your landlord could bring against you.

The Host Protection Insurance program covers landlords and homeowners associations in many cases when claims are brought against them because a guest suffers injury during a stay.

A housing group and several individuals brought a suit against a California landlord for attempting to obtain Korean tenants for his apartment buildings.

A U.S. District Court in North Carolina recently dismissed a lawsuit brought against a residential landlord by a former tenant who alleged that the landlord had violated the Americans With Disabilities Act.

The decision stemmed from a lawsuit brought by a landlord against Chubb Custom Insurance Co. when Chubb refused to pay the landlord's costs in defending a $ 3 million lawsuit brought by a Brooklyn tenant.

The case was the latest in a series brought by landlords in different states citing religious belief as a legal basis for discriminating against unmarried tenants.

Tenant filed a counterclaim against Landlord, and also brought claims against Broker, including a claim for breach of the cancelled listing agreement.

A federal court considered whether a housing group could bring a lawsuit against a landlord alleging violations of both the federal and state fair housing laws, based entirely on a three - minute phone conversation between a tester for the group and a representative of the owner.

A North Dakota federal court has considered whether a fair housing group had standing to bring a lawsuit against a landlord.

The Landlord brought a lawsuit against the Tenant for the unpaid rent, claiming that she had breached her lease.

Williams Real Estate Co., Inc. v. Ann Taylor, Inc. (251 A.D. 2d 230)- no basis upon which to seek a brokerage commission where exclusive brokerage agreement did not contain a protection period and first substantive negotiations occurred a year and a half after expiration of the exclusive brokerage agreement; broker's claim for commission against tenant fails where exclusive brokerage agreement provides that broker would seek a commission only from landlord of the premises; broker fails on procuring cause standard where there is no evidence the broker brought the parties together on mutually agreeable terms; no evidence presented that tenant acted in any manner to deprive broker of a rightful commission.

After the tenants found other housing, they brought claims against the landlords for their emotional distress at being denied the rental they wanted, and proceeded through the EEOC and one in Federal Court.