Defendant Victor Rivera assaulted plaintiff, an employee of a private company that performs data entry for the New York City Department of Homeless Services, as she was registering him for services as a prospective shelter client. The issue on appeal is whether the municipal defendants owed plaintiff a special duty of protection. We hold these defendants are entitled to summary judgment, because plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact that they assumed a special...
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