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DEFENDANTS IN THIS ICY-STEP SLIP AND FALL CASE DID NOT DEMONSTRATE THEY WERE OUT-OF-POSSESSION LANDLORDS WHO WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ICE AND SNOW REMOVAL; DEFENDANTS DID NOT SUBMIT THE LEASE IN SUPPORT OF THEIR MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined defendants in this icy-steps slip and fall case did not demonstrate they had transferred possession and control of the property such that they were not responsible for removal of ice and snow. The lease was not submitted in support of defendants’ motion for summary judgment:

… [T]he defendants’ submissions failed to establish, prima facie, that they were out-of-possession landlords. The defendants did not submit a copy of any lease, and the deposition testimony submitted in support of the motion failed to establish, prima facie, that the defendants had transferred possession and control of the premises … . Moreover, the deposition testimony submitted in support of the motion included testimony that the defendants were responsible for maintaining the property, including snow removal, and had engaged in snow removal on the premises. The defendants thus also failed to establish, prima facie, that they had no duty, by contract or course of conduct, to remove snow and ice from the premises … . Maharaj v Kreidenweis, 2023 NY Slip Op 01185, Second Dept 3-8-23

Practice Point: Here the defendant landlords did not submit the lease in support of their motion for summary judgment in this icy-step slip and fall case. Therefore the defendants did not demonstrate they were out-of-possession landlords not responsible for ice and snow removal.

 

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