Legal Opinion
Edelstein v. Farber
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 2, 2006PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan A. Madden, J.), entered December 17, 2004, which, insofar as appealed from, granted plaintiffs landlords’ motion for summary judgment dismissing defendant tenant’s counterclaims for harassment, intentional infliction of emotional distress and defamation, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Defendant’s counterclaims were properly dismissed. To the extent defendant seeks to recover based on allegations of harassment, New York does not recognize a common-law cause of action for harassment (see Hartman v 536/540 E. 5th St. Equities, Inc., 19 AD3d 240…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Liberman v. GelsteinNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
- Walentas v. JohnesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- Sohn v. CalderonNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
- Jacobs v. 200 East 36th Owners Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- Hartman v. 536/540 E. 5th St. Equities, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
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- Adeniran v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
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