Legal Opinion
Chattergoon v. New York City Housing Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 11, 2000PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Kenneth Thompson, Jr., J.), entered November 13, 1998, which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
In this wrongful death action, plaintiff alleges that defendant’s failure to properly secure its premises against intruders caused the death of plaintiffs decedent. However, because plaintiff, in response to defendant’s prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law (see, Alvarez v Prospect Hosp., 68 NY2d 320, 324; Zuckerman v City of New York, 49 NY2d 557, 562), failed…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Zuckerman v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Alvarez v. Prospect HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Noseworthy v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
- Burgos v. Aqueduct Realty Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1998
- Wright v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
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- Dawn VV. v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008