Dugan v London Terrace Gardens, L.P.
Annotate this CaseDecided on December 27, 2012
Mazzarelli, J.P., Moskowitz, DeGrasse, Manzanet-Daniels, Clark, JJ.
8906 603468/09 8907
[*1]William Dugan, et al., Plaintiffs-Respondents,
v
London Terrace Gardens, L.P., Defendant-Appellant.
James Doerr, etc., Index603696/09 Plaintiff-Respondent,
v
London Terrace Gardens, L.P., Defendant-Appellant.
Borah, Godlstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C., New
York (Robert D. Goldstein of counsel), for appellant.
Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP, New York (Adam R.
Pulver of counsel), for William Dugan, Masha D'Yans,
Georgette Gagnon, Lowell D. Kern, Michael McCurdy, Jose Pelaez,
Tracy Synder, Michael J. Walsh, Leslie M. Mack, and Anita
Zitis, respondents.
Bernstein Liebhard LLP, New York (Gabriel G. Galletti of
counsel), for James Doerr, respondent.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Lucy Billings, J.), entered June 21, 2011, which denied defendant's motion to dismiss these actions on the ground of primary jurisdiction or stay them pending resolution by the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR), unanimously affirmed, with costs.
Supreme Court properly declined to cede primary jurisdiction of these actions to DHCR, since the actions raise legal issues, including class certification and applicable limitations periods, that should be addressed in the first instance by the courts (Gerard v Claremont York [*2]Assocs., LLC, 81 AD3d 497 [1st Dept 2011]; see Staatsburg Water Co. v Staatsburg Fire Dist., 72 NY2d 147, 156 [1988]; Roberts v Tishman Speyer Props., L.P., 13 NY3d 270, 287 [2009]).
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER
OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.
ENTERED: DECEMBER 27, 2012
CLERK
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