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ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE COMPANY PROPERLY GRANTED SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN THIS (ALLEGEDLY) MISALIGNED ELEVATOR SLIP AND FALL CASE, THE MAINTENANCE COMPANY DEMONSTRATED IT DID NOT HAVE NOTICE OF THE CONDITION AND PLAINTIFFS FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE THE DOCTRINE OF RES IPSA LOQUITUR APPLIED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined summary judgment was properly granted to the elevator maintenance company in this (allegedly)”misaligned elevator” slip and fall case. The maintenance company demonstrated it did not have notice of the condition and plaintiffs did not demonstrate that the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur applied:

“An elevator company which agrees to maintain an elevator in safe operating condition may be liable to a passenger for failure to correct conditions of which it has knowledge or failure to use reasonable care to discover and correct a condition which it ought to have found”… . Here, the defendant submitted sufficient evidence to establish, prima facie, that it did not have actual or constructive notice of a misleveling condition, and that it did not fail to use reasonable care to correct a condition about which it should have been aware … .

In opposition, the plaintiffs failed to raise a triable issue of fact. The affidavit of the plaintiffs' expert, which was speculative, lacking in foundation, and conclusory, was insufficient to raise a triable issue of fact … .

The doctrine of res ipsa loquitur was not applicable as the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that the accident “was one that would not ordinarily occur in the absence of someone's negligence” … . Daconta v Otis El. Co., 2018 NY Slip Op 06716, Second Dept 10-10-18

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October 10, 2018
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