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Allegation in Notice of Claim that Defendant Failed to Maintain a Stairway Was Sufficient to Encompass the Allegation the Handrail Was Obstructed and Could Not Be Used

In a slip and fall case, the First Department, over a two-justice dissent, reversing Supreme Court, determined that a notice of claim which generally alleged a failure to maintain a stairway in the vicinity of the second floor landing was sufficient to encompass allegations in the bill of particulars that the handrail was obstructed and could not be used:

Plaintiff’s claim that defendant failed to maintain the handrail along the stairway at or near the second floor may be fairly inferred from the notice of claim, which alleged that defendant was negligent in maintaining the second floor landing area … . The notice of claim alleged generally that defendant failed to maintain stairway “A” in the vicinity of the second floor landing, causing plaintiff’s injury. The bill of particulars merely amplified the allegations of negligence concerning the landing area by further specifying that defendant had failed to maintain the handrail at the landing area… . Thomas v New York City Hous Auth, 2014 NY Slip Op 05696, 1st Dept 8-7-14

 

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