Legal Question in Personal Injury in New York

Re: Who is responsible

It depends on how the question arises, and who is asking.

You could both be liable to someone injured

as a result of a defect in the deck etc, but if the landlord had notice you were building the deck, he should have gotten the appropriate permits.

Re: Who is responsible

You are liable for negligently creating the danger and the landlord is negligent for not fixing the danger once he learned of it.

Re: Who is responsible

If I was the injured party's lawyer I would sue both of you.

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Re: Who is responsible

A competent attorney would sue both of you. The landlord because it is his building, and you because you built it or had it built. If i were the LL attorney, i would also then sue you for the work done poorly to allow the danger to exist.

Good Luck

RRG