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ELEVATED PLATFORM NOT A DANGEROUS CONDITION AS A MATTER OF LAW.

The First Department affirmed summary judgment to the defendants in this slip and fall case. Plaintiff fell off an elevated platform. However the platform and steps were well-marked and well-lit and plaintiff testified she fell because she was not looking down. The defendants therefore demonstrated the platform did not constitute a dangerous condition as a matter of law:

… [P]laintiff alleges that she was injured when she fell off an elevated display platform in defendants’ store. Defendants submitted evidence demonstrating that the platform and steps leading to the platform were not dangerous conditions as a matter of law through photographic evidence showing that the steps of the platform were clearly demarcated with thick black lines which contrasted with the light color of the floorboards. The evidence also showed that the steps were well lit and free of debris … .

Furthermore, plaintiff testified that she turned and stepped without looking down because she was seeking a sales associate and that the steps played no part in her fall … . Pinkham v West Elm, 2016 NY Slip Op 05899, 1st Dept 8-25-16

 

NEGLIGENCE (ELEVATED PLATFORM NOT A DANGEROUS CONDITION AS A MATTER OF LAW)/DANGEROUS CONDITION (ELEVATED PLATFORM NOT A DANGEROUS CONDITION AS A MATTER OF LAW)/SLIP AND FALL (ELEVATED PLATFORM NOT A DANGEROUS CONDITION AS A MATTER OF LAW)

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