Case Name: Theresa Hechmeh, Respondent, v. 18th Avenue Custom Jewelry Center, Inc., Appellant, et al., Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-04-22
Citations: 226 A.D.2d 587
Docket Number: 
Parties: Theresa Hechmeh, Respondent, v 18th Avenue Custom Jewelry Center, Inc., Appellant, et al., Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 226
Pages: 587–587

Head Matter:
Theresa Hechmeh, Respondent, v 18th Avenue Custom Jewelry Center, Inc., Appellant, et al., Defendant.
[641 NYS2d 571]

Opinion:
In a wrongful death action, the defendant 18th Avenue Custom Jewelry Center, Inc., appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Huttner, J.), dated April 25, 1995, as denied the branch of the defendants' motion which was for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as it is asserted against it.
Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, and the branch of the defendants' motion which is for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as it is asserted against the defendant 18th Avenue Custom Jewelry Center, Inc., is granted.
While visiting his brother in their father's jewelry store, the decedent was shot and killed during an attempted robbery. The decedent's mother, as administratrix of the decedent's estate, brought this action against, inter alia, the appellant, 18th Avenue Custom Jewelry Center, Inc., the owner of the store.
We find no basis for imposing liability on the appellant in this case (see, Amarante v Rothschild, 171 AD2d 633). O'Brien, J. P., Ritter, Pizzuto and Altman, JJ., concur.