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CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT ON BEHALF OF TENANTS ALLEGING LANDLORDS’ MISHANDLING OF SECURITY DEPOSITS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DISMISSED (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined the complaint adequately pled a class action concerning defendants-landlords’ alleged mishandling of security deposits, including allegations of conversion and co-mingling:

… [P]laintiffs adequately alleged all of the prerequisites to class certification… . Plaintiffs alleged that the class of tenants consists of more than 200 members, thereby satisfying the numerosity requirement … . Plaintiffs also alleged that the common issue is whether, by commingling the security deposits of their tenants, defendants acted unlawfully, and that the individual issues are the amount of the security deposit and defendants’ entitlement to deductions therefrom… . Thus, we conclude that plaintiffs sufficiently alleged that the common issues predominate (see CPLR 901 [a] [2]). Regarding the typicality requirement, plaintiffs alleged that their claims arise from “the same course of conduct and are based on the same theories as the other class members” … . Plaintiffs also alleged that they can fairly and adequately protect the interests of the class inasmuch as they do not have conflicting interests with other class members.. . Plaintiffs satisfied the superiority requirement by alleging that the damages likely suffered by each of the tenants range between $475 and $4,500, and “the cost of prosecuting individual actions would deprive many of the putative class members of their day in court” … . …

… [T]the amended complaint adequately alleges a cause of action for conversion in violation of General Obligations Law § 7-103 … . …

… [T]he court erred in granting the motion with respect to the second cause of action, alleging that defendants violated Property Conservation Code of the City of Syracuse § 27-125, inasmuch as that section gives rise to a private cause of action … . …

…[T]the lease includes a clause requiring tenants to pay attorneys’ fees if they breach the lease and, pursuant to Real Property Law § 234, the tenant has the “same benefit [to attorneys’ fees as] the lease imposes in favor of the landlord” … . Rubman v Osuchowski, 2018 NY Slip Op 05416, Fourth Dept 7-25-18

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