JOHNSON v. CUMMINGS

Index No. 36392/17. Appeal No. 16026. Case No. 2021-01017.

205 A.D.3d 614 (2022)

168 N.Y.S.3d 467

2022 NY Slip Op 03445

Matthew Johnson, Appellant, v. Leonie Cummings, Respondent, et al., Defendant.

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

Decided May 26, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Hare Parnagian LLP, New York ( Andrew C. Levitt of counsel), for appellant.

Devitt Spellman Barrett, LLP, Smithtown ( Christi M. Kunzig , of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Manzanet-Daniels, J. P., Kapnick, Shulman, Rodriguez, Pitt, JJ.


Plaintiff sustained injuries during an altercation with defendant Wade Cummings that occurred on the stairway outside the apartment of plaintiff's girlfriend, Wade's sister. Defendant, the mother of Wade and the girlfriend, owned the building where the altercation occurred and lived in the basement apartment. Plaintiff alleged that defendant breached her duty as the landowner to take minimal security precautions to protect users of the premises from foreseeable harm, including...

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