Kagan v. Another

The defendants, Fathi Taleb Ismail and Arifa Loghman, appeal from the summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, Vadim Kagan and Kagan Development KDC Corp. In this appeal, the defendants assert that (1) because the plaintiffs did not sign the amended lease, the lease document containing a right of first refusal (ROFR) for the purchase of the rental property was invalid and unenforceable; (2) even assuming the existence of a valid lease, when the plaintiffs breached the lease, it was voided and the ROFR nullified; and (3) in any event, the plaintiffs failed to properly exercise the ROFR…