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EVEN THOUGH PLAINTIFF GAVE CONFLICTING DESCRIPTIONS OF WHERE SHE SLIPPED AND FELL, ONE OF THOSE DESCRIPTIONS WAS SUFFICIENT TO RAISE A QUESTION OF FACT THAT THE FALL OCCURRED IN AN AREA WHICH HAD BEEN EXCAVATED (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined plaintiff's testimony, which presented conflicting descriptions of where she slipped and fell, was sufficient to raise a question of fact whether the fall took place in the area which had been excavated by defendant (Empire):

Empire failed to establish its entitlement to judgment as a matter of law in this action where plaintiff alleges that she was injured when she tripped and fell on a defect located within a crosswalk. Empire failed to show that the work it performed in the vicinity of plaintiff's fall could not have caused the defect because it was outside the area where plaintiff stated her accident occurred … . Although plaintiff did testify that she fell “[a]t least three feet” from the curb that she was approaching and Empire records show that it excavated a trench about 10 to 14 feet from the subject curb, plaintiff also stated that she was not good at measurements and twice described the accident location as being “[a]bout three-quarters” of the way across the intersection, which would be in the area of Empire's trench work. Prunella v Empire City Subway Co., 2018 NY Slip Op 00100, First Dept 1-9-18

NEGLIGENCE (SLIP AND FALL, EVEN THOUGH PLAINTIFF GAVE CONFLICTING DESCRIPTIONS OF WHERE SHE SLIPPED AND FELL, ONE OF THOSE DESCRIPTIONS WAS SUFFICIENT TO RAISE A QUESTION OF FACT THAT THE FALL OCCURRED IN AN AREA WHICH HAD BEEN EXCAVATED (FIRST DEPT))/SLIP AND FALL (EVEN THOUGH PLAINTIFF GAVE CONFLICTING DESCRIPTIONS OF WHERE SHE SLIPPED AND FELL, ONE OF THOSE DESCRIPTIONS WAS SUFFICIENT TO RAISE A QUESTION OF FACT THAT THE FALL OCCURRED IN AN AREA WHICH HAD BEEN EXCAVATED (FIRST DEPT))/SUMMARY JUDGMENT (SLIP AND FALL, EVEN THOUGH PLAINTIFF GAVE CONFLICTING DESCRIPTIONS OF WHERE SHE SLIPPED AND FELL, ONE OF THOSE DESCRIPTIONS WAS SUFFICIENT TO RAISE A QUESTION OF FACT THAT THE FALL OCCURRED IN AN AREA WHICH HAD BEEN EXCAVATED (FIRST DEPT))

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