GILL v. NY CITY HOUS. AUTH.


130 A.D.2d 256 (1987)

Marvin Gill, an Infant, by His Mother and Natural Guardian Frances Gill, et al., Respondents, v. New York City Housing Authority, Appellant

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

September 24, 1987


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur N. Seiff of counsel (Allen H. Isaac with him on the brief; Gladstein & Isaac, attorneys), for appellant.

Fred R. Profeta, Jr., of counsel (Blauman & McCabe, attorneys), for respondents.

SANDLER, CARRO, MILONAS and WALLACH, JJ., concur.


MURPHY, P. J.

The issue in this case is whether defendant Housing Authority may be held to a duty to prevent the mental illness of one of its tenants from erupting into violent behavior injurious to another tenant.

On July 23, 1982, Marvin Gill, then 16 years of age, was attacked and stabbed repeatedly by Ernest Lamb. Both Gill and his assailant were tenants in a building owned and operated by the New...

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