Building Security Guards Didn't Create Dangerous Situation

LVT Number: #19552

Tenant sued landlord for negligence. She claimed that building security guards created a dangerous situation by ejecting from the apartment complex two teenagers who didn't live there and who were threatening a younger boy. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without trial. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. There was no proof submitted to support tenant's claim.

Tenant sued landlord for negligence. She claimed that building security guards created a dangerous situation by ejecting from the apartment complex two teenagers who didn't live there and who were threatening a younger boy. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without trial. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. There was no proof submitted to support tenant's claim.

Negron v. Franklin Plaza Apartment Complex: NYLJ, 4/12/07, p. 27, col. 1 (App. Div. 1 Dept.; Saxe, JP, Williams, Buckley, Catterson, Malone, JJ)