Legal Opinion
Price v. New York City Housing Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 19, 1997PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward Greenfield, J.), entered June 4, 1996, upon a verdict in favor of defendant, dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The jury’s special verdict that defendant’s negligence was not a proximate cause of plaintiffs injuries is supported by the record. Plaintiff was unable to establish how or when the serial rapist entered her building; that his ability to enter would have been substantially affected had defendant installed locks; or that the presence of locks would have deterred this rapist from attacking plaintiff (see,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Wright v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- Escobar v. Seatrain Lines, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- Kirsten M. v. Bettina Equities Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- Nicholas v. RosenthalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1953
- Schwartz v. Niki Trading Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
3Cited by4 opinions
- Ortiz v. New York City Housing AuthorityDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1998
- Panzarino v. WeisbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- F. P. v. HersticAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- Panzarino v. WeisbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999