Legal Opinion
Daly v. City of New York
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 28, 1995PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Randolph Jackson, J.
"Your visitation shall receive such thanks as fits a king’s remembrance.” (Hamlet, act II, scene II.)
*862This is a case of apparent first impression concerning the duty of an owner of property to protect a visitor to an outdoor area of that property against harm committed by a criminal with a relationship to the property.
FACTS
The sad circumstances of this case are well known to the people of New York. On December 17, 1992, Patrick F. Daly was shot to death by three teenagers at the Red Hook Housing Project in Brooklyn. Mr. Daly, the principal of P.S. 15,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Zuckerman v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Nallan v. Helmsley-Spear, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Cuffy v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- De Long v. County of ErieNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Miller v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Daly v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996