KEENE v. NEW YORK CITY HOUS. AUTH.

4818, 105592/11.

154 A.D.3d 608 (2017)

61 N.Y.S.3d 907

2017 NY Slip Op 07536

LARRY KEENE, as Administrator of the Estate of JENNIFER BAEZ, Deceased, Appellant, v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, Respondent.

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

Decided October 26, 2017.


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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