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Bajana v. Presbyterian Hospital

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Sep 24, 1996
231 A.D.2d 464 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)

Opinion

September 24, 1996.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Lorraine Miller, J.), entered July 13, 1995, which granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Before: Sullivan, J. P., Rosenberger, Kupferman, Tom and Mazzarelli, JJ.


The action was properly dismissed for plaintiffs failure to present any factual support for the proposition that the unknown person who shot the decedent in the lobby of defendant's apartment building was an intruder and not a building resident or guest of a resident. It is sheer speculation for plaintiff's expert to opine that entry was gained through either the alleged defective sidewalk gate door or roof door ( see, Wright v New York City Hous. Auth., 208 AD2d 327, 330-331; Schwartz v Niki Trading Corp., 222 AD2d 214, lv denied 87 NY2d 810).


Summaries of

Bajana v. Presbyterian Hospital

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Sep 24, 1996
231 A.D.2d 464 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
Case details for

Bajana v. Presbyterian Hospital

Case Details

Full title:JOSEPHINE BAJANA, as Administratrix of the Estate of FELIX A. BAJANA…

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

Date published: Sep 24, 1996

Citations

231 A.D.2d 464 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
647 N.Y.S.2d 465

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