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THE LANDLORD DID NOT HAVE NOTICE OF ANY PRIOR ROBBERIES OCCURRING IN THE BUILDING, THEREFORE THE TENANT-ROBBERY-VICTIM’S COMPLAINT WAS PROPERLY DISMISSED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined the landlord defendants were entitled to summary judgment dismissing the complaint by a tenant stemming from a robbery by another tenant and others. Defendant landlord demonstrated it did not have notice of any prior similar criminal activity in the building:

A landlord is not required to insure the safety of tenants or visitors … . However, “[l]andlords have a common-law duty to take minimal precautions to protect tenants from foreseeable harm, including foreseeable criminal conduct by a third person” … . “To establish that criminal acts were foreseeable, the criminal conduct at issue must be shown to be reasonably predictable based on the prior occurrence of the same or similar criminal activity at a location sufficiently proximate to the subject location” … . In the absence of evidentiary proof of notice of prior criminal activity, the owner’s duty reasonably to protect those using the premises from such activity never arises … . “The question of the scope of an alleged tort-feasor’s duty is, in the first instance, a legal issue for the court to resolve” … .

Here, the defendants established their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by demonstrating that they lacked notice of the prior occurrence of the same or similar criminal activity at a location sufficiently proximate to the subject premises … . Markov v Grecian Gardens Co., 2020 NY Slip Op 06771, Second Dept 11-18-20

 

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