Stith v. New York City Housing Authority

Full title: DOREEN STITH, Appellant, v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, Respondent

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

Date published: Jan 7, 1997

235 A.D.2d 209 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

Opinion

January 7, 1997.

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Kenneth Thompson, J., and a jury), entered on October 10, 1995, in favor of defendant, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Before: Ellerin, J. P., Wallach, Williams, Tom and Andrias, JJ.

Under the circumstances herein, proximate cause clearly was not established ( Wright v New York City Hous. Auth., 208 AD2d 327, 330-331; Kirsten M. v Betuna Equities Co., 222 AD2d 201, lv denied 88 NY2d 813; Rojas v Lynn, 218 AD2d 611, lv denied 87 NY2d 804). Since defendant landlord is not liable, we do not reach the issue concerning the applicability of CPLR article 16.