FOREMAN v. B&L PROPERTIES COMPANY


261 A.D.2d 301 (1999)

691 N.Y.S.2d 405

LOUNDA FOREMAN, Appellant, v. B&L PROPERTIES COMPANY, Respondent.

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

Decided May 25, 1999.


Plaintiff was the victim of an early morning sexual assault in the elevator, just after she had entered her apartment building. Although she got a good look at her partially masked assailant, she did not recognize him, and was unable to identify him to the police.

A landlord may be liable for failing to prevent such an occurrence upon a showing of the reasonably foreseeable likelihood of a criminal intrusion into the building, and a negligent failure to provide proper...

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