Legal Opinion
Santiago v. New York City Housing Authority
New York Court of Appeals
Decided September 20, 1984PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
The negligence of defendant New York City Housing Authority in not repairing a “jammed” exterior door is not a proximate, or legal cause of the injuries sustained by the plaintiff when she was shot in the leg after being unable to open the exterior door in attempting to reenter her build*763ing. Under these circumstances the intervening act of the unknown assailant was extraordinary and unforeseeable as a matter of law, and thus served to “break the causal connection” between the defendant’s…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Derdiarian v. Felix Contracting Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Ventricelli v. Kinney System Rent A Car, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1978
3Cited by41 opinions
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- Tarter v. SchildkrautAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Monaghan v. SZS 33 Associates, L.P.District Court, S.D. New York · 1993
- O'Britis v. Peninsula Golf CourseAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
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