Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. New York City Housing Authority
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 28, 1995PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, the certified question answered in the negative, and defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint granted.
Plaintiff was robbed and beaten in a nighttime mugging by several unidentified perpetrators as he walked across an open area of a parking lot in defendant’s apartment complex. The attackers covered plaintiffs head with a blanket and beat him about the legs and face. Plaintiff alleged that the proximate cause of his injuries was that the only light in the parking lot was…
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- Davis v. Jo-Ern Realty Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Gibbs v. DiamondAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Colarossi v. University of RochesterNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
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