Legal Opinion
Waters v. New York City Housing Authority
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 17, 1987PublishedCited by 153 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*227OPINION OF THE COURT
Titone, J.
The issue in this appeal is whether the owner of an occupied urban building who has not kept the building’s security system in good repair may be held liable in tort solely because the building was used to complete a crime that began on a public street. Under the circumstances of this case, where neither the victim nor the crime were connected with the defendant’s building, we hold that plaintiff was not within the zone of foreseeable harm and that, as a consequence, liability cannot be imposed.
The complaint in this case was dismissed by Special Term on defendant…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Basso v. MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Ultramares Corp. v. ToucheNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Nallan v. Helmsley-Spear, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Pulka v. EdelmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
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3Cited by153 opinions
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- D'Amico v. ChristieNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
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- Eiseman v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- Di Ponzio v. RiordanNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
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