Rahim v. Sottile Security Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Friedman, J.
At approximately 11:00 pm on November 2, 2001, plaintiff, the assistant manager of a Duane Reade store in Manhattan, was assaulted by a trespasser who apparently had remained in the store after closing. In this action, plaintiff seeks to recover for his resulting injuries from defendant Sottile Security Company (Sottile), an agency Duane Reade had retained to provide security services at its stores. For the reasons discussed below, we hold, following the Court of Appeals’ analysis in Espinal v Melville Snow Contrs. (98 NY2d 136 [2002]), that, on this record, as…
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