Igbara v. Verizon Communications, Inc.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Tompkins, J.), entered December 18, 2002, which granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiffs husband was murdered by an individual who, having stolen one of defendant Verizon’s vehicles, gained admission to plaintiffs home by representing that he was a Verizon employee. There is no allegation that the assailant was, in fact, a Verizon employee, only that Verizon’s negligence in safeguarding its vehicle placed the impostor in a position to harm plaintiff and her…