Mason v. U.E.S.S. Leasing Corp.

Plaintiff resided in an apartment building owned by defendants U.E.S.S. Leasing Corporation and Builders and Realtors Corporation with security provided by defendant Mid-City Security Services, Inc. A few minutes before 7:00 a.m. on July 11, 1992, plaintiffs boyfriend telephoned her, indicating that he was at a nearby store and that he expected to arrive in a few minutes. The boyfriend had keys to the entrance of the guarded building and to one of the two locks on her own door. When the door bell rang, she opened it without looking through the peephole or otherwise ascertaining who rang the…