Legal Opinion
Rivas v. 1340 Hudson Realty Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 17, 1996PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Louis York, J.), entered May 19, 1995, which, after a jury trial, awarded plaintiff damages in the amount of $280,064.45, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the matter remanded for a new trial.
This case involves the liability of the defendant landlord for damages allegedly sustained by a two-year-old child as a result of ingesting lead paint chips. In May or June of 1990, Margarita Castillo and her two sons, Manuel Rivas, age five, and Emmanuel Rivas, age two, moved into the four-bedroom apartment leased to and occupied by her…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Guzman v. Haven Plaza Housing Development Fund Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1987
- Worth Distributors, Inc. v. LathamNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Juarez v. Wavecrest Management Team Ltd.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
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