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Colberg v. the New York City Housing Auth

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 7, 2000
278 A.D.2d 27 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

December 7, 2000.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Anne Targum, J.), entered April 19, 1999, which granted defendant's motion to set aside the jury verdict in plaintiffs' favor and dismissed the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Tania M. Pagan, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Grace Goodman, for defendant-respondent.

Before: Mazzarelli, J.P., Wallach, Andrias, Saxe, Buckley, JJ.


The trial evidence, even when considered in the light most favorable to plaintiffs, fails to establish a prima facie case of negligence. There was no indication that plaintiff's injuries, which occurred during his attempt on a rainy winter evening to plug a leak on a roof from which he, along with all of defendant's other tenants, had been prohibited, were foreseeable by defendant landlord.

We have considered defendant's remaining contentions and find them unavailing.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

Colberg v. the New York City Housing Auth

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 7, 2000
278 A.D.2d 27 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

Colberg v. the New York City Housing Auth

Case Details

Full title:TOMAS COLBERG, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING…

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

Date published: Dec 7, 2000

Citations

278 A.D.2d 27 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
716 N.Y.S.2d 670

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