The plaintiff and the two defendants are neighbors in a co-op apartment building. The parties had been “engaged since 2015 in a bitter, ongoing series of quarrels…” The plaintiff asserted claims for trespass, declaratory relief and private nuisance and sought compensatory and punitive damages.

In 2019, the court granted the plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment on liability with respect to the trespass and declaratory judgment claims. The Appellate Division, affirmed the “trespass-related liability rulings….”