Premises Liability/ Negligent Security
In this well-publicized Negligent Security/ Premises Liability case, the trial court awarded our clients, the building owners and management company, summary judgment and dismissed the case in its entirety. This complex matter initially received attention related to the underlying criminal matter, People v. Tarloff, in which David Tarloff was charged and found guilty in the stabbing death of a prominent Upper Eastside Psychologist. The decedent’s estate then brought this civil matter against our clients for failing to provide adequate security in the building where the murder had taken place. However, within our summary judgment motion we established that reasonable security measures were in place at the building and that the attack on the decedent was not foreseeable.
