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.
Numerous lead - poisoning lawsuits have been
brought against landlords.
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.