Landlord Not Responsible for Tenant Rape

July 19, 2015

LVT Number: #26279

Tenant sued landlord and landlord’s security services contractor after she was attacked and raped at the housing project. Landlord claimed that it wasn’t responsible and asked the court to dismiss the case. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant offered no proof of notice to landlord of any defect in the building’s interior door lock or that the attack was connected to drug dealing in the building. Tenant also wasn’t the intended beneficiary of the contract between landlord and its security services contractor.

 

 

Tenant sued landlord and landlord’s security services contractor after she was attacked and raped at the housing project. Landlord claimed that it wasn’t responsible and asked the court to dismiss the case. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant offered no proof of notice to landlord of any defect in the building’s interior door lock or that the attack was connected to drug dealing in the building. Tenant also wasn’t the intended beneficiary of the contract between landlord and its security services contractor.

 

 

Perez v. Hunts Point I Associates, Inc.: 2018 NY Slip Op 04935, 2015 WL 3618317 (App. Div. 1 Dept.; 6/11/15; Tom, JP, Renwick, Andrias, Manzanet-Daniels, Kapnick, JJ)

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