Boateng v. Four Plus Corp.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Kenneth L. Thompson, J.), entered April 12, 2005, which denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment, unanimously modified, on the law, to the extent of granting so much of the motion as seeks summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against defendants Four Plus Corporation and Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., and otherwise affirmed, without costs.

The uncontradicted facts in the record show that the defendants Four Plus Corporation and Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., were out-of-possession landlords who retained no more than a right of reentry to inspect and…