Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1996

McNeil v. New York City Housing Authority

McNeil v. New York City Housing Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided March 12, 1996
225 A.D.2d 369; 639 N.Y.2d 26; 639 N.Y.S.2d 26; 1996 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2216
McNeil v. New York City Housing Authority

Opinion of the Court

Inasmuch as plaintiff failed to come forward with proof in evidentiary form demonstrating that his assailant gained access to the defendant’s building by reason of a broken front door lock or other failure of security, he raised no factual issue as to whether defendant’s alleged negligence was the proximate cause of his injury. "A jury finding for plaintiff under these circumstances would have to be based on speculation, and thus *370set aside as a nullity.” (Dawson v New York City Hous. Auth., 203 AD2d 55, 56.) We have considered plaintiffs other contentions and find them to be without merit. Concur — Wallach, J. P., Ross, Nardelli, Williams and Mazzarelli, JJ.

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