ORTIZ v. WIIS REALTY CORP (2009)

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Patricia Anne Williams, J.), entered October 14, 2008, which denied defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the motion granted and the complaint dismissed. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment accordingly.

Defendant met its burden on summary judgment with a prima facie showing establishing as a matter of law that the criminal assault upon plaintiff by an unknown assailant was unforeseeable, i.e., not reasonably predictable (see Maria T. v. New York Holding Co. Assoc ., 52 AD3d 356, 358 [2008], lv. denied 11 NY3d 708 [2008]; Williams v. Citibank, 247 A.D.2d 49, 53 [1998], lv denied 92 N.Y.2d 815 [1998] ). Plaintiff failed to come forth with competent evidence of past criminal activity of “the same or similar type” (Novikova v. Greenbriar Owners Corp., 258 A.D.2d 149, 152-153 [1999] ) at defendant's building, to raise a triable issue of fact with regard to foreseeability (see Maria T. at 359).

In light of our determination of non-foreseeability, we need not reach the remaining issues raised by the parties.