Narvaez v. River View Redevelopment Co., LP

2017 NY Slip Op 598, 146 A.D.3d 722, 46 N.Y.S.3d 79

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: January 31, 2017
• Docket: 2933 304096/13
• Status: Published

Opinion

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Lucindo Suarez, J.), entered November 9, 2015, which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion denied.

Triable issues of fact exist in this action where plaintiff was injured when she slipped on a wet condition and fell as she descended the stairs in defendant’s building. Plaintiff testified that the source of the wet condition that caused her fall was a leaky pipe on the fifth-floor stairwell that she had previously observed and lodged complaints about to defendant’s personnel. Such testimony raises triable issues as to whether a recurring condition existed that was left unaddressed by defendant (see Cignarella v Anjoe-A.J. Mkt., Inc., 68 AD3d 560, 561 [1st Dept 2009]; O’Connor-Miele v Barhite & Holzinger, 234 AD2d 106 [1st Dept 1996]). Although the superintendent of defendant’s building denied that the condition ever existed, credibility issues are properly reserved for the trier of fact.

Concur — Mazzarelli, J.P., Manzanet-Daniels, Feinman, Webber and Gesmer, JJ.