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Try CasePortal for Free[Consolidated.] J. Wilson finds that the appellate division properly declined to find for the housing authority in claims brought after a tenant died by immolation at the hands of a former paramour who purportedly gained access to the building through an exterior door with a malfunctioning lock. In a similar appeal, the appellate division improperly found for the housing authority when a tenant was shot point-blank in retaliation for a prior altercation with residents from a neighboring housing complex, who also gained access by a malfunctioning exterior door. Claims that the victims had been targeted did not absolve the housing authority of its duty to provide minimum security against criminal acts by intruders, and questions of fact remained as to how the authority's actions may have contributed to the victims' injuries. Affirmed in part.