Legal Opinion
Cerda v. 2962 Decatur Avenue Owners Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 24, 2003PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Douglas McKeon, J.), entered November 14, 2001, which granted defendants’ summary judgment motion dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The motion court properly granted defendant landlords summary judgment in this personal injury case. As in Rivera v New York City Hous. Auth. (239 AD2d 114 [1997]), the alleged proximate cause of the tenant’s injuries, the landlord’s negligence in failing to repair a broken front door lock thereby allowing the intruder-perpetrator’s entry, is seriously undermined by strong evidence of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Burgos v. Aqueduct Realty Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1998
- Tarter v. SchildkrautAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Rivera v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
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- Lopez v. Barrett T.B. Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- Flores v. Dearborne Management, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
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