Hansen v Lorenzo (2009 NY Slip Op 52231(U))
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Hansen v Lorenzo
2009 NY Slip Op 52231(U) [25 Misc 3d 1221(A)]
Decided on October 30, 2009
District Court Of Suffolk County, Sixth District
Ukeiley, J.
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau
pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and will not be
published in the printed Official Reports.
Decided on October 30, 2009
District Court of Suffolk County, Sixth District
Bruce Hansen and
JOANNE ALONSO, Plaintiffs,
against
John Lorenzo, Defendant.
BRSC 284-09
Stephen L. Ukeiley, J.
This small claims action was commenced by plaintiffs Bruce Hansen ("Mr. Hansen") and
Joanne Alonso ("Ms. Alonso") (collectively, Mr. Hansen and Ms. Alonso are "Plaintiffs" or
"Tenants") on or about March 23, 2009 seeking damages in the amount of $3,600 for the return
of their security deposit given to defendant John Lorenzo ("Mr. Lorenzo" or "Landlord" or
"Defendant") pursuant to a certain lease agreement dated September 1, 2007. Defendant denied
the substantive allegations of the Complaint and asserted counterclaims for property damage,
unpaid rent, use and occupancy, and attorney's fees.
The parties appeared by counsel at the trial de novo on October 1st and 5th, 2009.
Following the completion of the trial, counsel, with permission of the Court, submitted post-trial
letter memoranda of law. Below are the Court's findings of facts and conclusions of law.
FINDINGS OF FACT
Upon careful
consideration and review of the credible testimony and evidence, the Court finds the parties
entered into a month-to-month written lease agreement for the premises located at 53 South
Evergreen Drive, Selden, NY commencing on or about September 1, 2007 ("the Lease")