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DEFENDANT PROPERTY OWNER DID NOT DEMONSTRATE WHEN THE AREA WHERE PLAINTIFF SLIPPED AND FELL WAS LAST INSPECTED PRIOR TO FALL; THEREFORE DEFENDANT DID NOT DEMONSTRATE IT DID NOT HAVE CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE OF THE DEFECTIVE CONDITION (THIRD DEPT). ​

The Third Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined defendant building owner, 797 Broadway, did not demonstrate it did not have constructive notice of the alleged loose elevator threshold plate over which plaintiff slipped and fell:

… 797 Broadway submitted the sworn affidavit of David Fallati, who … acted as the property manager for the building. Fallati stated that he visited the building twice a week, “including the time period of the alleged incident.” According to Fallati, he did not observe, or receive complaints about, any tripping hazards near the elevator threshold area where the accident occurred. We find that this proof was insufficient to establish that 797 Broadway lacked constructive notice of the condition of the threshold plate. Unlike trip-and-fall cases where the specific area in question was inspected on the date of the accident … . Fallati’s vague affidavit, in which he only stated generally that his inspections occurred twice per week, did not indicate when he had last inspected the elevator threshold area prior to plaintiff’s fall. Thus, the Fallati affidavit failed to eliminate all factual questions “as to whether the alleged dangerous condition . . . existed for a sufficient period of time prior to plaintiff’s fall to permit [797 Broadway] to discover it and take remedial action” … . Lloyd v 797 Broadway Group, LLC, 2023 NY Slip Op 02573, Third Dept 5-11-23

Practice Point: Without sufficient proof when the area of the slip and fall was last inspected the defendant cannot demonstrate a lack of constructive notice of the condition.

 

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