Defendant established entitlement to judgment as a matter of law in this wrongful death action arising from a fire that occurred in an apartment occupied by plaintiff's decedent, and owned and maintained by defendant. Defendant submitted evidence showing that there was an operable smoke detector in decedent's apartment three months prior to the fire, and that it had not received any complaints about the smoke detector (see Administrative Code of City of NY § 27...
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