Schertz v. Jenkins

OPINION OF THE COURT

Jack M. Battaglia, J.

In this action, Pepi Schertz is seeking to recover unpaid rent and other damages from David Jenkins, who rented an apartment in a building that she owns and occupies at 75 Coleridge *299Street, Brooklyn. On the first day of trial, the elderly plaintiff was having difficulty being responsive to questioning and her daughter, Bella Flom, who helps her with the building, testified on her behalf. Well into Ms. Flom’s testimony, she noted that Thomas B. Pruzan, Mr. Jenkins’s counsel, had represented Ms. Schertz in a Housing Part proceeding against other tenants…