Bajana v. Presbyterian Hospital
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Lorraine Miller, J.), entered July 13, 1995, which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The action was properly dismissed for plaintiff’s failure to present any factual support for the proposition that the unknown person who shot the decedent in the lobby of defendant’s apartment building was an intruder and not a building resident or guest of a resident. It is sheer speculation for plaintiff’s expert to opine that entry was gained through either the alleged defective sidewalk gate…
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