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PLAINTIFF COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF HER STAIRCASE FALL, DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT PROPERLY GRANTED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined defendant’s motion for summary judgment in this slip and fall case was properly granted because the plaintiff could not identify the cause of her staircase fall. The allegation that the staircase lacked a handrail in violation of the building code did not raise a question of fact:

In support of its motion, the defendant established its prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by demonstrating that the plaintiff was unable to identify the cause of her fall … . In opposition, the plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact … . The plaintiff’s conclusory assertion that the absence of a handrail on the side of the stairs where she fell constituted a building code violation was insufficient to defeat the defendant’s motion. Morchyk v Acadia 3780-3858 Nostrand Ave., LLC, 2018 NY Slip Op 01302, Second Dept 2-28-18

NEGLIGENCE (SLIP AND FALL, STAIRS, PLAINTIFF COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF HER STAIRCASE FALL, DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT PROPERLY GRANTED (SECOND DEPT))/SLIP AND FALL ( STAIRS, PLAINTIFF COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF HER STAIRCASE FALL, DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT PROPERLY GRANTED (SECOND DEPT))/STAIRS (SLIP AND FALL, PLAINTIFF COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF HER STAIRCASE FALL, DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT PROPERLY GRANTED (SECOND DEPT))

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