JEREMIAS v. TOMS CAPITAL LLC

Index No. 655334/18. Appeal No. 15727. Case No. 2021-04375.

204 A.D.3d 498 (2022)

167 N.Y.S.3d 459

2022 NY Slip Op 02495

Harry Jeremias et al., Respondents-Appellants, v. Toms Capital LLC et al., Appellants-Respondents, and Nicholas Boyle, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided April 14, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dontzin Nagy & Fleissig LLP, New York ( Tibor L. Nagy, Jr. , of counsel) for appellants-respondents.

Tuttle Yick LLP, New York ( David G. Skillman , of counsel) for respondents-appellants.

Concur—Acosta, P.J., Kern, González, Shulman, JJ.


Plaintiff (Jeremias) alleges that he reached an oral agreement with the Toms defendants to jointly develop a property in Manhattan adjacent to defendant Gottesman's residence. Contrary to the Toms defendants' contention, the "underdevelopment fee" that they allegedly agreed to if Gottesman chose not to develop the property fully to the extent permitted was not a liquidated damages provision, since the alleged agreement gave him the option essentially to pay the joint development...

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