Teitler v. Tetenbaum

OPINION OF THE COURT

Order entered November 16, 1983 modified by granting petitioner’s motion to strike the jury demand of tenant Stanley Tetenbaum and, as modified, affirmed, with $10 costs to the appellant.

Tenant occupies rent-stabilized premises at 538 East 89th Street, Manhattan. Tenant’s original lease, as renewed, contained the following broadly framed jury waiver clause: “It is mutually agreed by and between Landlord and Tenant that the respective parties hereto shall and they hereby do waive trial by jury in any action against the other (except for personal injury or property damage)…