MASON v. U.E.S.S. LEASING CORP.


96 N.Y.2d 875 (2001)

756 N.E.2d 58

730 N.Y.S.2d 770

YOLANDA MASON, Respondent, v. U.E.S.S. LEASING CORPORATION et al., Appellants. (And a Third-Party Action.)

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 2, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fiedelman & McGaw, Jericho (Andrew Zajac of counsel), and Bivona & Cohen, New York City, for U.E.S.S. Leasing and another, appellants.

Marshall, Conway & Wright, P. C., New York City (Steven L. Sonkin and Michael J. Pearsall of counsel), for Mid-City Security, appellant.

James Wm. Hubert, White Plains, for respondent.

Before: Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SMITH, LEVINE, CIPARICK, WESLEY, ROSENBLATT and GRAFFEO concur in memorandum.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs. The certified question should be answered in the affirmative, but on the narrower grounds stated in the memorandum.

Plaintiff resided in a Queens apartment building that was part of a larger complex known as Lefrak City. Defendant U.E.S.S. Leasing Corporation and Builders and Realtors Corporation, Inc. owned the complex, and defendant Mid-City Security...

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