Brooklyn, NY
Employment and labor Lawyer at Brooklyn, NY
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor, Sexual Harassment
OUTCOME: Landlord's case dismissed.
Susan intervened on behalf of the tenant in this appeal by the owner of a building who tried to claim a rent increase based upon a purported $13,750 paint job – “paid in cash”.
OUTCOME: Summary judgment in favor of tenant on rent overcharge claim.
As part of a two-person team, Susan successfully persuaded the Court of Appeals to reject the landlord’s argument that her client’s rent overcharge claim was barred by the statute of limitations. Inste ... ad, the Court permitted examination of the entire rental history for the apartment based on the “unrefuted proof of fraud in the record” Susan submitted.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed against tenant.
Susan represented the tenant at trial in this nonprimary residence case. Susan presented thorough evidence to successfully persuade the court that the tenant’s absence from the apartment was “temporary ... and excusable” on the basis that he was dealing with family matters.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed against tenant.
Susan won an appeal at the Appellate Division, First Department. The Court upheld dismissal of the case against Susan's client based on Susan's argument that the landlord had failed to include sufficie ... ntly specific facts in the notice of nonrenewal wherein the landlord claimed he wanted the apartment for his own use.