Taylor v. New York City Housing Authority

In an action, inter alla, to recover damages for wrongful death, etc., the defendant appeals, as limited by its brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Schmidt, J), dated March 8, 2012, as denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The defendant failed to make a prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law. Contrary to the defendant’s contention, it failed to establish that it installed an operational smoke detector in the subject apartment in…