Lusenskas v. Axelrod
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rubin, J.
Plaintiff, an employee of the Fire Department of the City of New York, was injured while fighting a blaze at a building owned by the individual defendants and managed by the corporate defendant. Plaintiff alleges that his injuries were sustained as a result of defendants’ failure to properly maintain a self-closing hinge on the door of apartment 8B, the location in which the fire originated, with the result that the door did not close after the tenant fled, allowing uncontrolled spread of the fire to the corridor. When the door from the stairway to the hall was…
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