Leslie G. v. Perry & Associates

Opinion

VOGEL (Miriam A.), J.

Leslie G. was raped in the garage of her supposedly “secure” apartment building. She sued the building’s owners (but not the rapist, who was never caught and who, most likely, would in any event be judgment-proof), contending the owners were negligent because they failed to repair a broken security gate and that their negligence caused her rape. The trial court granted the owners’ motion for summary judgment and Leslie appeals, contending the landlords owed a duty to her and that their negligence was the cause of her rape. The landlords insist that, on the facts of…