Legal Opinion
Gasset v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 4, 1993PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Leland DeGrasse, J.), entered June 19, 1992, which granted defendants-respondents’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiffs’ decedent died of injuries he received when a heavy object was thrown by an unknown person from the roof of the Port Authority Bus Terminal, a restricted area. There is no merit to plaintiffs’ argument that defendants, as proprietors of the premises, are liable for having failed to supply adequate security. As the IAS Court held, the maintenance and operation of the Port…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Weiner v. Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Bonner v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
- Marilyn S. v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
- Marilyn S. v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- Farber v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
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