Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1992

Hill v. New York City Housing Authority

Hill v. New York City Housing Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided October 6, 1992
186 A.D.2d 380; 588 N.Y.S.2d 277; 1992 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11173
Hill v. New York City Housing Authority

Opinion of the Court

— Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alan J. Saks, J.), entered January 2, 1992, which denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

A question of fact exists as to whether defendant was, or should have been, aware of the alleged dangerous condition of the stairway where plaintiff fell and injured herself (see, Negri v Stop & Shop, 65 NY2d 625). Indeed, defendant’s own employee testified that the stairs were inspected twice a day at the time of the incident. Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Milonas, Kupferman and Rubin, JJ.

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