WATERS v. NYC HOUS. AUTH.


69 N.Y.2d 225 (1987)

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

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Levine for appellants.

Robert L. Boydstun for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.


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...

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