This is a case of a seven-year-old boy, an overflowing toilet and a downstairs neighbor. It is undisputed that, on October 8, 1992, the then seven-year-old Jessie Adams Klaus used the toilet in his parents' fifth floor condominium unit in Holtz House located at 7 East 20th Street in Manhattan. Shortly thereafter, Jessie's father, defendant John Klaus, received a call from his downstairs neighbor, plaintiff Peter B. Kaplan, who operated a photography business in his unit,...
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