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THERE WAS A QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER DEFENDANT HAD CONSTRUCTIVE KNOWLEDGE OF A RECURRING ICY CONDITION IN THIS SLIP AND FALL CASE (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined there was a question of fact whether defendant had constructive knowledge of a recurring icy condition where plaintiff allegedly slipped and fell. Plaintiff slipped after leaving a tenant’s apartment. The tenant testified at a deposition:

… [P]laintiff submitted, inter alia, the deposition testimony of the tenant that she had treated on the day of the incident. The tenant testified that, “basically[,] what happens is there’s a lot of runoff from the ground over here. When the snow melts the whole area gets flooded and then it freezes, and then you have a solid sheet of ice pretty much over these last few blocks of the sidewalk and then down in the end, right at the end where the parking lot meets the sidewalk. I’ve actually contacted management many times in regards to that issue.” The tenant further testified that, when he contacted the property manager on such occasions prior to the incident, he was told that there was nothing that could be done because “the snow melts, thaws and freezes, and there’s nothing [*2]they can do about water.” He also noted that he had been living at the property for 11 years, and no steps had been taken during that time to eliminate water from pooling on the sidewalk. Monnin v Clover Group, Inc., 2020 NY Slip Op 05325, Fourth Dept 10-2-20

 

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