From the New York Law Journal, this story about a problematic vacation home, a lawsuit and $150,000.<\/p>\n
Source: Court Finds Renter of Vacation Home Can Seek $150,000 | New York Law Journal begins:<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n The renter of a Sag Harbor vacation home has been granted the right to sue for all four years of rent she has paid to her landlord\u2014nearly $150,000\u2014by a state judge in Suffolk County earlier this month.<\/em><\/p>\n Tenant Deborah Schwartz had brought a pro se action in May 2013, claiming the heating system in her waterfront cottage was damaged beyond repair by Hurricane Sandy, which struck seven months earlier.<\/em><\/p>\n Schwartz had prepaid the year’s $3,000-per-month rent for the Southampton vacation home and initially demanded it be refunded, claiming the one-bedroom cottage was uninhabitable and violated town code and safety regulations.<\/em><\/p>\n When I read “pro se”, i.e., Schwartz filed the lawsuit on her own behalf, I thought, gee. Didn’t she have the money to retain a lawyer? Then I read on and learned that Schwartz is herself a lawyer. OK.<\/p>\n Anyhow,\u00a0 if you click on the link, you’ll see a very nice photograph of … the courthouse where this case was heard. (I mean, can’t we get a photo of the vacation home?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From the New York Law Journal, this story about a problematic vacation home, a lawsuit and $150,000. Source: Court Finds Renter of Vacation Home Can Seek $150,000 | New York Law Journal begins: The renter of a Sag Harbor vacation … Continue reading