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Hanlan v. Condominium

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Aug 28, 2006
32 A.D.3d 799 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)

Opinion

9045.

August 28, 2006.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Dianne T. Renwick, J.), entered August 5, 2005, which granted defendant Parkchester North Condominium's motion and defendant Citibank's cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Pollack, Pollack, Isaac DeCicco, New York (Brian J. Isaac of counsel), for appellants.

Cozen O'Connor, New York (Eric J. Berger of counsel), for Parkchester North Condominium, Inc., respondent.

White McSpedon, P.C., New York (Tracey Lyn Jarzombek of counsel), for Citibank, N.A., respondent.

Before: Mazzarelli, J.P., Andrias, Sullivan, Nardelli and McGuire, JJ.


Defendants having established, prima facie, their entitlement to summary judgment, it was incumbent on plaintiffs to come forward with evidence establishing a material issue of fact requiring a trial ( see Zuckerman u City of New York, 49 NY2d 557). Plaintiffs failed to meet that burden. Neither Citibank:, the mortgagor of the condominium unit, nor Parkchester, the manager of the condominium complex, owned or controlled the premises at issue, or assumed any duty to plaintiffs, such as might serve as a predicate for liability ( see Gibbs v Port Auth. of N.Y., 17 AD3d 252). Furthermore, neither defendant had actual or constructive notice of the lead paint condition alleged to have caused injury ( see Chapman v Silber, 97 NY2d 9).

Even assuming, arguendo, the applicability of Local Law No. 1 of 1982 to a condominium complex and to these defendants, the infant plaintiff did not reside in the condominium unit at issue, but instead lived in a unit distinct from that in which the lead paint condition was found. There is no evidence that any child under seven was a resident of the subject unit ( see Housing Maintenance Code [Administrative Code of City of NY] former § 27-2013 [h], now §§ 27-2056.3, 27-2056.18).


Summaries of

Hanlan v. Condominium

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Aug 28, 2006
32 A.D.3d 799 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
Case details for

Hanlan v. Condominium

Case Details

Full title:MAURICE HANLAN, an Infant, by His Mother and Natural Guardian, NATALIE…

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

Date published: Aug 28, 2006

Citations

32 A.D.3d 799 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
2006 N.Y. Slip Op. 6929
822 N.Y.S.2d 46

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