ROBERTS v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY


257 A.D.2d 550 (1999)

685 N.Y.S.2d 23

MARK ROBERTS, Respondent, et al., Plaintiff, v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, Appellant.

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

Decided January 28, 1999.


The infant plaintiff suffered burns as a result of the emission of steam, with a temperature of 200 degrees Fahrenheit, from a five-inch diameter fire hose that defendant, in order to discharge excess steam condensate from the hot water system of one of its buildings in the development where plaintiff lived, had run from the basement of the building to the lawn behind the building, adjacent to a small playground on concrete. The lawn was fenced off, but the fence could be...

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