Is a tenant's right to a jury trial waiver unenforceable?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from Avenue Associates, Inc. v. Buxbaum, 371 N.Y.S.2d 736, 83 Misc.2d 134 (N.Y. City Ct. 1975):
In Seidman v. Tyler the lease included similar unilateral jury trial waivers and relinquishment of other tenant rights, and here, too, these provisions are unenforceable on their face.
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