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PLAINTIFFS WERE ENTITLED TO LIQUIDATED DAMAGES OF $1000 PER DAY FOR THE TIME PLAINTIFFS WERE UNABLE TO LIVE IN THEIR TOWNHOUSE BECAUSE OF THE DEFENDANTS’ RENOVATIONS NEXT DOOR (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, in a decision addressing many issues not summarized here, determined the plaintiffs were entitled to liquidated damages of $1000 per day for the time plaintiffs were unable to live in their townhouse because of the renovation work undertaken by the defendants next door:

On May 2, 2013, after intensive negotiations guided by legal counsel, Mr. Seymour [plaintiff] and the Hovnanians [defendants] executed a license agreement. The purpose of the license agreement was to grant the Hovnanians 18 months of access to the Seymours’ property while simultaneously protecting the Seymours’ property from further harm during construction. The license agreement contained a liquidated damages clause providing that if the “Project Owner failed to obtain a temporary certificate of occupancy (TCO) within Eighteen (18) months from the date of this Agreement, he shall pay liquidated damages to the Adjacent Owner of $1,000 per day for every day thereafter until the TCO is issued.” The Hovnanians never obtained a temporary certificate of occupancy but, 318 days after the expiration of the 18-month license term, they obtained a certificate of occupancy. …

The court correctly awarded plaintiffs $318,000 in liquidated damages, plus interest, comprised of $1,000 per day for the period of November 2, 2014 to September 15, 2015. “Liquidated damages constitute the compensation which, the parties have agreed, should be paid in order to satisfy any loss or injury flowing from a breach of their contract” … . These provisions “have value in those situations where it would be difficult, if not actually impossible, to calculate the amount of actual damage” … . Liquidated damages will be sustained if, at the time of the contract, “the amount liquidated bears a reasonable proportion to the probable loss and the amount of actual loss is incapable or difficult of precise estimation” … . Seymour v Hovnanian, 2022 NY Slip Op 07172, First Dept 12-15-22

Practice Point: Here the license agreement properly required liquidated damages of $1000 per day for the time plaintiffs were not able to live in their townhouse because of defendants’ renovations next door.

 

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