James v. Jamie Towers Housing Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed with costs.

Defendant Jamie Towers Housing Company, Inc. owns a four-building cooperative housing complex in the Bronx. Jamie Towers contracted with defendant Lance Investigation Service, *641Inc. to provide security services, including 24-hour security guards, for the housing complex.

In June 1994, Jahi James and two companions, all residents of the housing complex, were accosted by a gang of teenagers while on a pathway between two of the complex’s buildings. James and his companions fled through the unlocked…