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532 Madison Avenue Gourmet Foods, Inc. v. Finlandia Center, Inc.
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540 Madison Avenue was a 39-floor high-rise in New York City. One day, a section of wall on the south-facing side of the building collapsed, throwing debris onto large parts of Madison Avenue. Sections of the street were closed for weeks, and several surrounding businesses had to close during the work. One of the surrounding businesses, 532 Madison Avenue Gourmet Foods, was closed for five weeks as a result of the damage.
532 Madison Avenue Gourmet Foods sued the owner, lessee, and manager of the building for negligence and public nuisance. In the suit, the plaintiff claimed that it was injured economically due to the defendants’ negligence and that the defendants owed a duty to neighboring businesses to keep their building structurally sound. The district court dismissed, stating that the defendants owed no special duty to the plaintiff. The appellate court reversed on the grounds that a duty to protect others where one’s negligence “could be reasonably foreseen” to cause injury. The defendants appealed.
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