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PLAINTIFF’S DECEDENT WAS FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF STAIRS; DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED BECAUSE THE CAUSE OF THE FALL WAS UNKNOWN; IN ADDITION, THE NOSEWORTHY DOCTRINE DID NOT APPLY (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined defendants’ motion for summary judgment in this slip and fall case should have been granted because the cause of the fall was unknown. Plaintiff’s decedent was found dead at the bottom of the stairs

[Defendants] moved … for summary judgment dismissing the complaint … contending … that the plaintiffs did not know what caused the incident to occur and that it would be speculative to assume that any defect in the staircase caused the decedent to fall. … The plaintiffs opposed the motion, contending … that the Noseworthy doctrine applied and that circumstantial evidence showed that the decedent fell because the staircase connecting the first floor to the basement of the restaurant/bar was in a defective condition ,,, ,  …

The defendants established their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against each of them by demonstrating that the plaintiffs could not identify what caused the decedent to fall … . In opposition, the plaintiffs failed to raise a triable issue of fact. Contrary to the plaintiffs’ contention, the Noseworthy doctrine does not apply to the circumstances of this case since the defendants’ knowledge as to the cause of the decedent’s accident is no greater than that of the plaintiffs … . Even accepting the alleged defects identified in the plaintiffs’ expert’s affidavit, the plaintiffs failed to raise a triable issue of fact as to whether the decedent’s fall was proximately caused by those allegedly unsafe conditions … . Atehortua v Jaramillo, 2021 NY Slip Op 03569, Second Dept 6-9-21

 

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