Case Name: Viktoriya Slutskaya et al., Appellants, v. Abraham Landau, Respondent. (And a Third-Party Action.)
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-05-04
Citations: 250 A.D.2d 594
Docket Number: 
Parties: Viktoriya Slutskaya et al., Appellants, v Abraham Landau, Respondent. (And a Third-Party Action.)
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 250
Pages: 594–595

Head Matter:
Viktoriya Slutskaya et al., Appellants, v Abraham Landau, Respondent. (And a Third-Party Action.)
[672 NYS2d 248]

Opinion:
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Rings County (Golden, J.), entered February 27, 1997, which granted the motion of the defendant Abraham Landau for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The record is devoid of any evidence that the plaintiff tenants informed the defendant landlord, or that he otherwise knew, of the broken lock on the window in their apartment, through which an intruder gained entrance. Accordingly, because the defendant landlord had no notice of the allegedly defective lock, he was entitled to summary judgment dismissing the complaint (see, Juarez v Wavecrest Mgt. Team, 88 NY2d 628, 642-643). Bracken, J. P., Rosenblatt, Krausman and Gold-stein, JJ., concur.