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NEGLIGENT REPAIR AND/OR MAINTENANCE: LANDLORD
Rank
Case Date
Resolution
Award Total
Case Name
Case Description
Plainti ’s Law Firm
1
3/30/2015
Verdict- Plainti
$8,350,000
Karabaza v. Manhat- tan Beach Estates Associates LLC
Landlord didn’t repair damaged ceil- ing, injured tenant claimed
William SchwitzerofWilliamSchwit- zer & Associates, PC, New York, NY
2
3/11/2011
Mediated Settlement
$3,900,000
Page v. Ulrich Devel- opment Co.
Building’s landlord
ignored damaged stairway, suit alleged
Thomas M. Mercure & Scott M. Schwartz of Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP, Bu alo, NY
3
2/28/2012
Verdict- Plainti
$3,627,080
Zimmerman v. 157 East 57th Street, L.L.C.
Apartment not in move-in condition, tenant claimed
Richard AshmanofMichelstein& Greenberg, LLP, New York, NY & Jay W. Dankner of Dankner & Milstein, PC, NewYork, NY, trial counsel
4
11/23/2015
Settlement
$2,250,000
Ostorva-Barroso v. O&S Management, LLC
Landlord ignored leak above stairway, tenant claimed
Stephen J. Murphy & Michael J. Hurwitz of Block O’Toole & Murphy, LLP, NewYork, NY
5
9/30/2011
Mediated Settlement
$2,100,000
Knab v. Mansell Real Estate Group, LLP
Landlord, contractor ignored dangerous parking lot, suit alleged
Thomas R. Elliot of The Ballow Firm, PC, Bu alo, NY
6
3/22/2013
Verdict- Plainti
$2,000,000
DeJesus v. Hunts Point Housing Devel- opment Fund Corp.
Landlord ignored
dangerous, dimly lighted stairs, tenant alleged
Seth A. Harris & Blake Goldfarb of Burns & Harris, New York, NY
7
7/24/2013
Settlement
$1,950,000
Vargas v. 2334 Wash- ington D, LLC.
Landlord ignored persistent leak, in- jured tenant claimed
Je rey A. Block & S. Joseph Donahue of Block, O’Toole & Murphy LLP, New York, NY
8
9/16/2014
Verdict- Plainti
$1,900,000
Floyd v. 1710 Realty LLC
Landlord ignored broken shower, apartment’s tenant claimed
Seth A. Harris of Burns & Harris, New York, NY
9
12/29/2011
Arbitration
$1,726,820
Alexander v. St. Mary’s Institute
Landlord ignored
long-standing icy conditions, plainti claimed
Je rey K. Anderson of Anderson, Moschetti &Ta any, PLLC, Latham, NY
10
11/24/2015
Mediated Settlement
$1,500,000
McLeod v. NDI Web- ster/Clay Housing Dev
Landlord didn’t ad-
dress building’s icy steps, tenant claimed
Stephen J. Murphy, David L. Scher, Michael J. Hurwitz & Christina Mark of Block, O’Toole & Murphy, LLP, New York, NY
10
5/28/2013
Settlement
$1,500,000
Stanciu v. Bilello
Landlord and city neglected broken sidewalk, plainti claimed
David M. Godosky of Godosky & Gentile, PC, NewYork, NY
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