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THE EXISTENCE OF A HANDRAIL ON THE LEFT OF THE STAIRS DID NOT WARRANT GRANTING SUMMARY JUDGMENT TO DEFENDANTS IN THIS SLIP AND FALL CASE WHERE THERE WAS NO HANDRAIL ON THE RIGHT (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined defendants’ motion for summary judgment in this stairway slip and fall case should not have been granted. The fact that there was a handrail on the left did not warrant summary judgment because there was no handrail on the right:

Plaintiff … was injured when, while descending the right side of the exterior staircase of the subject premises, she slipped and when she tried to grab onto a handrail, there was no right-sided handrail. A triable issue of fact thus exists as to whether the absence of a required handrail on that side of the staircase was a proximate cause of the accident … . Defendants’ argument that the missing handrail on the right side of the staircase did not proximately cause plaintiff’s fall since she chose not to use the available left-side handrail, is directed to the issue of comparative negligence … . Gil v Margis Realty LLC, 2020 NY Slip Op 03089, First Dept 5-28-20

 

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