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Jonathan v. Avenue

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 8, 2008
50 A.D.3d 342 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)

Opinion

Nos. 3042, 3042A.

April 8, 2008.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Jane S. Solomon, J.), entered March 30, 2006, dismissing the complaint, and bringing up for review an order, same court and Justice, entered February 7, 2006, which granted defendant 1090 University Avenue's cross motion for summary judgment, unanimously affirmed, without costs. Appeal from the aforesaid order unanimously dismissed, without costs, as subsumed in the appeal from the judgment.

Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, P.C., Yonkers (John M. Daly of counsel), for appellants.

Charles N. Rock, PLLC, Newburgh (Carolyn Ann Campbell of counsel), for respondents.

Before: Mazzarelli, J.P., Saxe, Friedman and Nardelli, JJ.


The infant plaintiff's moved into the subject apartment in July 1994. On March 17, 1995, the New York City Department of Health issued an abatement order identifying one area in the apartment as having lead in excessive levels. It is uncontested that the lead was immediately abated. The current landlord of the building in question, defendant 1090 University Avenue, acquired the property on March 23, 1995. On May 10, 1995, the Department of Health issued a report confirming that the violation had been corrected. No subsequent lead paint violations were issued, and plaintiff's have failed to present evidence sufficient to raise a triable issue of fact concerning their allegation that the abatement order did not identify all areas in the apartment containing lead paint in unlawful levels. Accordingly, the court properly found that 1090 University Avenue, as a matter of law, acted reasonably under the circumstances and discharged its duty of care ( see Juarez v Wavecrest Mgt. Team, 88 NY2d 628, 644).


Summaries of

Jonathan v. Avenue

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 8, 2008
50 A.D.3d 342 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
Case details for

Jonathan v. Avenue

Case Details

Full title:JONATHAN MARTE et al., Appellants, v. 1090 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, LLC…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Apr 8, 2008

Citations

50 A.D.3d 342 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
2008 N.Y. Slip Op. 3088
856 N.Y.S.2d 559

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