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PLAINTIFF ALLEGED SHE FELL OVER A WORKER WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO STEP OFF AN ELLIPTICAL MACHINE, DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined defendant’s motion for summary judgment should not have been granted. Plaintiff was on an elliptical machine and allegedly fell over a worker who was working near the machine:

Summary judgment was not warranted in this action, because plaintiff’s deposition testimony that she felt “stuck” as she attempted to step off the elliptical machine, coupled with defendant’s maintenance worker’s testimony that his right leg was stretched out next to the elliptical machine on which plaintiff was exercising, cleaning the outlets in the area, and that plaintiff’s foot hit his foot, causing her to lose balance and fall, were together sufficient to raise a triable issue as to whether plaintiff’s injuries were caused by defendant’s negligence … . An incident report prepared by the manager consistently recounts that plaintiff fell over a worker. Ausch-Alteras v Equinox – 85th St., Inc., 2019 NY Slip Op 05478, First Dept 7-9-19

 

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