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Utrecht v. 142 East 49th Street Owners Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 11, 2006
29 A.D.3d 363 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)

Opinion

8494.

May 11, 2006.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Marilyn Shafer, J.), entered February 16, 2005, dismissing the complaint with prejudice, granting defendants' counterclaims, and awarding defendants attorneys' fees in the amount of $34,064.76, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

O'Reilly, Marsh Corteselli P.C., Garden City (James G. Marsh of counsel), for appellants.

Kaufman Friedman Plotnicki Grun, LLP, New York (Howard Grun of counsel), for respondents.

Before: Buckley, P.J., Saxe, Nardelli, Gonzalez and Catterson, JJ., concur.


In this action for declaratory and injunctive relief, there were no questions of fact that the landlord defendants had the authority to install and lock the outer door intercom/buzzer security system, and that plaintiffs' interference therewith was a violation of the lease. Nor did plaintiffs have an implied easement for use of an unlocked outer door, the result of which was, at most, a minor inconvenience that did not substantially interfere with their reasonable use and enjoyment of the leased premises ( Wilson v. Palmer, 229 AD2d 647).

The full award of attorneys' fees was proper.


Summaries of

Utrecht v. 142 East 49th Street Owners Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 11, 2006
29 A.D.3d 363 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
Case details for

Utrecht v. 142 East 49th Street Owners Corp.

Case Details

Full title:ELLIOT UTRECHT et al., Appellants, v. 142 EAST 49TH STREET OWNERS CORP. et…

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

Date published: May 11, 2006

Citations

29 A.D.3d 363 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
2006 N.Y. Slip Op. 3690
817 N.Y.S.2d 213

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