Berler v. City of New York

OPINION OF THE COURT

Judgment entered March 8, 1991, reversed on the law, with $30 costs, and the complaint is dismissed.

*134Plaintiff, a teacher in the New York City school system, brought this action for damages arising out of a robbery and sexual assault committed on her when, after having accompanied her pupils out of the building at the end of the school day, she returned to her classroom. The gravamen of the liability ascribed to defendants was failure to repair a lock on the classroom door, permitting access to the unidentified criminal assailant. At the close of evidence, the court denied…