Raylite Electric Corp. v. City of New York

I would modify to reverse and vacate the judgment dismissing plaintiff’s complaint as against the defendant New York City Housing Authority and remand for a new trial as to said defendant. In my opinion, the Housing Authority, as the owner and person in control of the Crookston Building, was under a duty to plaintiff, as its tenant in the adjoining building, to exercise reasonable care in the management and use of the Crookston Building. The duty of said defendant, as landlord, is to be determined in light of all the circumstances and on the basis of what was reasonably foreseeable as a…