Legal Opinion

Luisa R. v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 4, 1999PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Mazzarelli, J.

On April 3, 1990, plaintiff was returning to her fourth-floor apartment located at 450 East 136th Street, Bronx, New York (building), when a Hispanic man wearing blue jeans and a stocking on his head pushed her into the apartment from behind, and then assaulted and raped her. Plaintiff’s assailant was never apprehended nor identified. However, plaintiff remembers seeing a man dressed like the attacker in the lobby of her building a few hours before the attack, loitering in the presence of drug dealers.

The building was owned and managed by the City and its…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Cuffy v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. Jacqueline S. v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
  3. Burgos v. Aqueduct Realty Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1998
  4. Riss v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
  5. Kircher v. City of JamestownNew York Court of Appeals · 1989

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Francis v. Kings Park Manor, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2021
  2. Brewster v. Prince Apartments, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  3. Bryan v. CrobarAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  4. Nash v. Port AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  5. Giovengo v. P&L MechanicaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001

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