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PLAINTIFF INJURED WHEN CHAIR IN CUSTODIAN’S BREAK ROOM COLLAPSED, SCHOOL DEMONSTRATED IT DID NOT HAVE NOTICE OF THE DANGEROUS CONDITION AND RES IPSA LOQUITUR DID NOT APPLY BECAUSE THE CHAIR WAS DEEMED NOT TO BE IN THE EXCLUSIVE CONTROL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined the school district was not liable for injuries to a subcontractor working at a school. A chair in the custodian's break room collapsed when plaintiff was sitting in it. The school demonstrated a lack of notice of the dangerous condition and the res ipsa loquitur doctrine did not apply because the school was deemed not to have exclusive control over the chair:

The School District established its prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by submitting evidence establishing that it did not have actual or constructive notice of any defect in the chair … . Since the plaintiff presented only unsubstantiated hearsay in opposition to the School District's motion, he failed to raise a triable issue of fact … .

Moreover, contrary to the plaintiff's contention, the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur is inapplicable, because one of the required factors for the doctrine to apply—that the instrumentality of the injury was in the exclusive control of the School District— cannot be established. The chair was located in the custodian break room accessible to third-party contractors of the School District, giving numerous people access to it … . Brennan v Wappingers Cent. Sch. Dist., 2018 NY Slip Op 05745, Second Dept 8-15-18

NEGLIGENCE (PLAINTIFF INJURED WHEN CHAIR IN CUSTODIAN'S BREAK ROOM COLLAPSED, SCHOOL DEMONSTRATED IT DID NOT HAVE NOTICE OF THE DANGEROUS CONDITION AND RES IPSA LOQUITUR DID NOT APPLY BECAUSE THE CHAIR WAS DEEMED NOT TO BE IN THE EXCLUSIVE CONTROL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT (SECOND DEPT))/RES IPSA LOQUITUR (PLAINTIFF INJURED WHEN CHAIR IN CUSTODIAN'S BREAK ROOM COLLAPSED, SCHOOL DEMONSTRATED IT DID NOT HAVE NOTICE OF THE DANGEROUS CONDITION AND RES IPSA LOQUITUR DID NOT APPLY BECAUSE THE CHAIR WAS DEEMED NOT TO BE IN THE EXCLUSIVE CONTROL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT (SECOND DEPT))

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