Litigation & Arbitration
Oct. 20, 2023
No punitive damages for failure to fix sink leak, judge rules
“Failing to check the leak may be a conscious disregard for the safety of others, but is not so vile, loathsome, miserable that it would be looked down upon in society,” Judge Lynne M. Hobbs wrote.
A Los Angeles judge declined Thursday to allow a claim for punitive damages against the owners of one of the nation’s largest apartment complexes which was accused of failing to fix a leaky kitchen sink that the plaintiff says led to a broken back.
The lawsuit claimed that failure to repair the sink constituted a “despicable” level of negligence by owners of the Park LaBrea Apartments, which contains 4,255 units, houses some 10,000 residen...
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