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WATERS v. HOUS. AUTH.

116 A.D.2d 384 (1986)

Simone Waters et al., Appellants, v. New York City Housing Authority, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

April 21, 1986

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karpas & Hirshman (Stephen Levine of counsel), for appellants.

Gladstein & Isaac (Irving Rosen and Robert L. Boydstun of counsel), for respondent.

GIBBONS, J. P., and RUBIN, J., concur with WEINSTEIN, J.; EIBER, J., dissents and votes to reverse the order appealed from and to deny the defendant's motion for summary judgment, with an opinion in which BROWN, J., concurs.

WEINSTEIN, J.

Presented for our determination herein is the question of whether the defendant, a public authority organized and existing pursuant to the laws of this State, is liable in negligence for the injuries occasioned to a passerby who was accosted at knifepoint by an unknown individual on a public street and compelled to accompany him to a nearby building, which happened to be a New York City Housing...

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