BEAN v. RUPPERT TOWERS HOUSING CO., INC.


274 A.D.2d 305 (2000)

710 N.Y.S.2d 575

CRAIG BEAN, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of GLORIA LOPEZ, Deceased, Respondent, v. RUPPERT TOWERS HOUSING CO., INC., et al., Appellants.

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

Decided July 6, 2000.


This appeal arises from a fire in plaintiff's* apartment and concerns the apartment door that for twenty years before the fire and for three years after the fire functioned without problem or complaint. Plaintiff claims that the fire-related injuries he sustained resulted from the frame around the door being too small.

The fire occurred on January 13, 1995, when plaintiff, his two brothers (Corey and Christopher), a friend (Steven), and...

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