| Tranel, Inc. v Fashion Inst. of Tech. |
| 2010 NY Slip Op 50033(U) [26 Misc 3d 130(A)] |
| Decided on January 13, 2010 |
| Appellate Term, First Department |
| 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| This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports. |
Landlord appeals from (1) those portions of an order of the Civil Court of the City of New
York, New York County (Joan M. Kenney, J.), dated April 11, 2008, which denied its motion to
dismiss tenant's tenth affirmative defense and for summary judgment on the petition in a
nonpayment summary proceeding, and (2) an order (same court and Judge), dated July 15, 2008,
which upon reargument, adhered to the prior order.
Per Curiam.
Order (Joan M. Kenney, J.), dated July 15, 2008, insofar as appealed from, affirmed, with
$10 costs. Appeal from order (same court and Judge), dated April 11, 2008, dismissed, without
costs, as superseded by the appeal from the subsequent order on reargument.
Landlord's motion for summary judgment was properly denied. Contractual rights may be
waived, and the existence of an intent to forego such a right is generally a question of fact
(see Fundamental Portfolio Advisors, Inc. v Toqueville Asset Mgt., LP., 7 NY3d 96, 104
[2006]). Based upon the extended course of conduct between the parties and the invoices and
other correspondence sent by landlord to tenant, triable issues exist as to whether landlord
waived its right to strictly enforce the literal terms of the governing commercial lease agreement
relating to tenant's obligation to pay electricity charges (see generally Kenyon & Kenyon v Logany, 33 AD3d 538 [2006]).
| THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE COURT. |
| I concur |