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DEFENDANT HOTEL PROPERLY FOUND NEGLIGENT FOR FAILING TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SECURITY IN THIS THIRD-PARTY ASSAULT CASE; HOWEVER THE HOTEL SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN APPORTIONED 100% OF THE FAULT (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined the evidence supported plaintiff’s verdict in this third-party assault action, but the defendant hotel should not have been found 100% at fault for failure to provide adequate security. 35% of the fault should have been apportioned to the shooter. Plaintiff was in a car in the hotel parking lot when he was shot by third-party defendant Williams:

… [The plaintiff made out a prima facie case of negligence at trial, and the jury’s finding in this regard was not against the weight of the evidence. The plaintiff established that the defendants employed almost no security measures in the parking lot where the shooting took place, and that in light of the history of criminal activity in the parking lot, the defendants should have been aware of the “likelihood of conduct on the part of third [parties]” that would “endanger the safety” of visitors to the parking lot … .

However, the apportionment of 100% of the fault in the happening of the shooting to the defendants was not supported by a fair interpretation of the evidence … . An apportionment of 65% of the fault to the defendants and 35% of the fault to Williams better reflects a fair interpretation of the evidence … .  Carter v BMC-HOJO, Inc., 2020 NY Slip Op 06237, Second Dept 11-4-20

 

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