Opinion
8331 Index 307855/09
02-07-2019
Sander PALAJ, et al., Plaintiffs–Respondents, v. MARION SCOTT REAL ESTATE, INC., Defendant–Appellant, Paulino Valenzuela, Defendant.
Armienti, DeBellis, Guglielmo & Rhoden, LLP, New York (Vanessa M. Corchia of counsel), for appellant. Jasne & Florio, L.L.P., White Plains (Hugh G. Jasne of counsel), for respondents.
Armienti, DeBellis, Guglielmo & Rhoden, LLP, New York (Vanessa M. Corchia of counsel), for appellant.
Jasne & Florio, L.L.P., White Plains (Hugh G. Jasne of counsel), for respondents.
Acosta, P.J., Gische, Kapnick, Gesmer, Singh, JJ.
Plaintiff Sander Palaj, and his wife suing derivatively, commenced this action to recover for personal injuries he allegedly sustained when he was shot outdoors in the co-operative complex known as Co-op City, which was managed by defendant Marion Scott Real Estate, Inc. at the time. However, a landowner's duty to take minimal security precautions does not extend to exterior public areas, such as walkways and vestibules (see e.g. Wong v. Riverbay Corp. , 139 A.D.3d 440, 32 N.Y.S.3d 69 [1st Dept. 2016] ; Ward v. New York City Hous. Auth. , 18 A.D.3d 391, 392, 795 N.Y.S.2d 568 [1st Dept. 2005] ; Leyva v. Riverbay Corp. , 206 A.D.2d 150, 620 N.Y.S.2d 333 [1st Dept. 1994] ).