Case Name: Jason Lara, an Infant, by His Father and Natural Guardian Eugene Lara, et al., Plaintiffs, v. West 109th Street Realty Corp. et al., Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1987-10-07
Citations: 139 Misc. 2d 186
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jason Lara, an Infant, by His Father and Natural Guardian Eugene Lara, et al., Plaintiffs, v West 109th Street Realty Corp. et al., Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 139
Pages: 186–187

Head Matter:
Jason Lara, an Infant, by His Father and Natural Guardian Eugene Lara, et al., Plaintiffs, v West 109th Street Realty Corp. et al., Defendants.
Supreme Court, New York County,
October 7, 1987
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Zimmerman & Zimmerman for plaintiffs. Sheft, Wright & Sweeney for defendants.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Edward J. Greenfield, J.
The infant plaintiff fell out of a window and this action was commenced against the defendant landlords. Plaintiffs allege a statutory violation due to the landlords' failure to erect a window guard. Section 131.15 of the New York City Health Code requires that such window guards be installed in each apartment where a child under the age of 10 resides.
In the light most favorable to plaintiffs, the infant visited the apartment in question (where his father lived) with frequency and spent hours there, but the infant lived with his mother at a different address at the time of the accident. The statute does not require landlords to install window guards in apartments where children visit, even with frequency, only where they reside.
Plaintiffs also allege common-law negligence, but neither the bill of particulars nor in opposition to the motion do plaintiffs allege any other negligent act or omission but the statutory failure to install window guards.
Defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint is granted.