SEYMOUR v. HOVNANIAN

Index No. 154579/16, 595896/16. Appeal No. 15653-15654-15654A. Case No. 2020-03584, 2020-03689, 2020-04815.

207 A.D.3d 420 (2022)

173 N.Y.S.3d 533

2022 NY Slip Op 04705

Gabriel North Seymour et al., Respondents-Appellants, v. Ara Hovnanian et al., Appellants-Respondents. Ara Hovnanian, Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants-Respondents, v. Autun Contractors et al., Third-Party Defendants-Respondents, and Signature Interior Demolition, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent-Appellant, et al., Third-Party Defendant.

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

Decided July 26, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester Schwab Katz & Dwyer, LLP, New York ( Daniel S. Kotler of counsel), for appellants-respondents.

Weddle Law PLLC, New York ( Brian M. Witthuhn of counsel), for Gabriel North Seymour and Tryntje Van Ness Seymour, and Catryna Ten Eyck Seymour, respondents-appellants.

Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP, Garden City ( Gina Marie Wischhusen of counsel), for Signature Interior Demolition, Inc., respondent-appellant.

Law Offices of Cheng & Associates, Long Island City ( Pui Chi Cheng of counsel), for ADS Construction Corporation, respondent.

Milber Makris Plousadis & Seiden, LLP, Purchase ( Vincent Camacho of counsel), for William F. O'Neill Architects, respondent.

Kaufman Dolowich Voluck, LLP, White Plains ( Siobhan A. Healy of counsel), for Gilsanz Murray Steficek, LLP, respondent.

Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, White Plains ( James F. O'Brien of counsel), for Pillori Associates, PA, respondent.

Fixler & LaGattuta LLP, New York ( Paul F. LaGattuta III of counsel), for JG Construction of Queens Inc., respondent.

Smith Mazure, P.C., New York ( Louise M. Cherkis of counsel), for Mitchell Iron Works, Inc., respondent.

Concur—Gische, J.P., Moulton, Scarpulla, Shulman, Pitt, JJ.


Whitney North Seymour, Jr. and his wife Catryna Ten Eyck Seymour (the Seymours) had lived at 290 West 4th Street for over 56 years when defendants Ara Hovnanian and his wife Rachel Lee Hovnanian (the Hovnanians) purchased the neighboring townhouse at 292 West 4th Street in July 2012. Plaintiffs Gabriel North Seymour and Tryntje Van Ness Seymour are the Seymours' daughters and co-executors of their parents' estates. The third-party defendants are the Hovnanians' architect...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases