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ALTHOUGH THE FREIGHT ELEVATOR WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL RULES, REGULATIONS AND CODES, THERE WAS A QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER THE ABSENCE OF A GATE CREATED A DANGEROUS CONDITION OF WHICH THE BUILDING OWNERS WERE AWARE, THE OWNERS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the building owners’ motion for summary judgment in this elevator accident case should not have been granted. Although the freight elevator was in compliance with all applicable rules, regulations and codes, there was a question of fact whether the absence of a gate constituted a dangerous condition of which the defendants were aware:

… [T]he plaintiff raised a triable issue of fact as to whether the … defendants were negligent. The plaintiff submitted evidence demonstrating that prior to the accident, the Waterfront defendants were on notice of the dangerous condition of the elevator when they were provided with proposals from their own elevator service company, which proposals stated that because there was no gate on the inside of the elevator platform, an extremely dangerous condition existed … . Romero v Waterfront N.Y., 2019 NY Slip Op 00486, Second Dept 1-23-19

 

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