Legal Opinion
40 Associates, Inc. v. Katz
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided July 27, 1981PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Stanley H. Nason, J.
Petitioner moves to sever the respondent’s counterclaims. The lease, which relates to commercial premises, provides a waiver of the right to interpose counterclaims in summary proceedings.
A lease provision waiving the right to interpose counterclaims in summary proceedings is valid (Rasch, New York Landlord and Tenant [2d ed], § 1328). However, the waiver will not be applied to counterclaims for breach of warranty of habitability (Cosmopolitan Assoc. v Ortega, 90 Misc 2d 437) nor to those which logically apply in a summary proceeding.
The history of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Park West Management Corp. v. MitchellNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Cosmopolitan Associates v. OrtegaCivil Court of the City of New York · 1977
3Cited by3 opinions
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