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Cooper v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 13, 1995
213 A.D.2d 443 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)

Opinion

March 13, 1995

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Hutcherson, J.).


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff seeks damages for personal injuries arising out of a sexual assault that took place in an abandoned building owned by the defendant, the City of New York. The defendant cross-moved for summary judgment and established its prima facie entitlement thereto (see, Alvarez v. Prospect Hosp., 68 N.Y.2d 320, 324). In opposition to the defendant's cross motion, the plaintiff failed to raise a factual question as to any of the elements required to establish her claim for personal injuries. Thus, the plaintiff failed to raise a factual question as to whether the defendant had any duty to take minimal precautions to protect her from the assault of a third party, whether the assault on the plaintiff was reasonably foreseeable, or whether any purported negligence on the part of the defendant was a proximate cause of the events which produced the plaintiff's injury (see, Jacqueline S. v. City of New York, 81 N.Y.2d 288; Muniz v. Flohern, Inc., 77 N.Y.2d 869; Waters v. New York City Hous. Auth., 69 N.Y.2d 225; Nallan v. Helmsley-Spear, Inc., 50 N.Y.2d 507; Iannelli v. Powers, 114 A.D.2d 157). Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly granted the defendant's cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. Bracken, J.P., Pizzuto, Altman and Krausman, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Cooper v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 13, 1995
213 A.D.2d 443 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)
Case details for

Cooper v. City of New York

Case Details

Full title:PATRICIA COOPER, Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Respondent

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

Date published: Mar 13, 1995

Citations

213 A.D.2d 443 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)
623 N.Y.S.2d 631

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