06-07-11 AMY RYAN VS. GINA MARIE, L.L.C., ET AL. A-1342-09T3
Defendant purchased in 2005 the apartment building in which plaintiff had resided since 1993. After defendant assumed ownership, plaintiff learned that from the time of her initial occupancy, her rent exceeded what was permissible under Hoboken's rent control ordinance. We reversed the trial court's holding that defendant was liable for the entire excess and remanded the matter for further proceedings with respect to defendant's contract claim against the prior owner and its third-party claims against others in the chain of title.
