An elderly Manhattan woman whose family homestead in Queens was stolen through deed fraud has no right to sue the city or the City Registrar for damages, a Queens judge ruled Friday.
Supreme Court Justice Kevin Kerrigan said that Jennifer Merin, 72, cannot sue for negligence because the City Registrar has no obligation and no authority under law to make sure that the deeds it accepts for filing in all five boroughs are legitimate.
Merin's lawyer, Christopher Campbell, whose law firm DLA Piper is representing Merin for free, said they will appeal.
"The judge seems not to acknowledge our (argument) that the city failed to follow its own rules in processing this deed,” he said.
“Deeds are supposed to have metes and bounds. This deed was completely blank on that. The previous owner is supposed to be the seller. This had a different name entirely. And this house was given away for free. All of these things should have been red flags,” he said.
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A city employee responsible for his/her job?
Don't hold your breath!
'Red flag's'? No such thing when your only skill is being able to fog a mirror.
Long past time to clean house.
One of the reasons that political hacks masquerading as impartial judges are a bad thing. It seems the system is hell bent on destroying communities to open doors for development (read campaign donors) no matter what.
WTF?
My grandfather's death certificate was held up for 6 months because of a stray mark that looked like a check mark in one section. It had to be reissued and refiled. We had to delay closing his accounts and putting the house up for sale.
Now a city employee takes blank forms and ones incorrectly filled out?
Outrageous.
Kevin Kerrigan should be brought up on criminal charges. There is so much current injustice and corruption in NYC. WTF!!! The City agencies have no responsibility and get away with everything. It all trickles down from the top. I hope deblasio goes to jail quick.
Of course it's not! And the DOB is not responsible for illegal home conversions and grotesque construction..and City Planning is not responsible for the common sense planning of human habitats and the Police Department is not responsible for all the brothels and our elected officials are not responsible for anything except photo ops.
That is why the FBI star, Preet, has to give NYC the full examination up its ass to the tonsils!
WTF is the city responsible for...corruption and collecting my real estate taxes, water bill payments and sewer rental charges?
They NEVER fall down on that. It all begins with having a local councilman who champions for his constituents. Unfortunately, mine does not. Paul Vallone fights for his real estate clients. You have to turn him on the rack to get him interested in the little guy.
Put him on retainer and that chitrool will take an interest. Dump Vallone-y baloney!
So all the other nonsense crap that these judges let people sue the city for on a daily basis and win millions of our tax dollars is ok, but when the city should actually be held responsible and rightly sued, this idiot judge says no. This city is bizzaro world now. What's right is wrong and whats wrong is right.
Where's the media coverage? We know many use Queens Crap as a resource.
You left out Sanctuary City,if your murdered by an illegal because the city broke Federal Law,Tuff Shit,you can't sew and if the illegal gets hurt robbing your home Poof he can sew you,insanity
Are you kidding me! The owners pay TAXES and NYC shoukd be responsible
Why should we be surprised???
Correction: the City Registrar does not control the deed process for Staten Island. That's the County Clerk...
You know what-- half the problems are caused by the Judges. How do we clean the Judicial House? Impossible, right? They can't be voted out. They can be the stupidest, most out of touch, most corrupt assholes in the world, and they can't be touched. At least you can get rid of zero Mayor every twelve years.
and they SHOULDN'T have been.
> Supreme Court Justice Kevin Kerrigan said that Jennifer Merin, 72, cannot sue for negligence because the City Registrar has no obligation and no authority under law to make sure that the deeds it accepts for filing in all five boroughs are legitimate.
WAT?
maybe the judge was in on the scam? I hope that they win on appeal. This is so not right. Something that the Koreans and Nigerians would do. Who was it that scammed the house?
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