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Riser In Church Was Not an Actionable Condition

The Second Department determined a riser, upon which plaintiff allegedly tripped, was an open and obvious and not inherently dangerous:

The injured plaintiff allegedly tripped and fell over a 5½-inch-high, single-step riser while exiting a church pew. * * *

While a landowner has a duty to maintain its premises in a reasonably safe manner …, a landowner has no duty to protect or warn against an open and obvious condition which, as a matter of law, is not inherently dangerous … . Here, the defendant established its entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by submitting evidence that the subject riser was open and obvious and not inherently dangerous … . The evidence presented by the plaintiffs in opposition, including the affidavit of their expert, failed to raise a triable issue of fact … . Coppola v Cure of Ars RC Church, 2014 NY Slip Op 05297, 2nd Dept 7-16-17

 

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