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OUT-OF-POSSESSION LANDLORD NOT LIABLE FOR FALL ON A WET FLOOR IN THE LEASED PREMISES.

The Second Department determined defendant out-of-possession landlord was entitled to summary judgment in this slip and fall case. Plaintiff, in a bar on leased premises, fell on a bathroom floor alleged to have been wet with cleaning solution and water:

“An out-of-possession landlord can be held liable for injuries that occur on its premises only if the landlord has retained control over the premises and if the landlord is contractually or statutorily obligated to repair or maintain the premises or has assumed a duty to repair or maintain the premises by virtue of a course of conduct” … . Here, [the landlord] established, prima facie, that he was an out-of-possession landlord with no contractual obligation to maintain the premises, and that he neither endeavored to perform such maintenance nor owed any duty to the plaintiff by virtue of any statute upon which the plaintiff relies … . Mendoza v Manila Bar & Rest. Corp., 2016 NY Slip Op 04698, 2nd Dept 6-15-16

 

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