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IN THIS STAIRWAY SLIP AND FALL CASE, PLAINTIFF WAS ENTITLED TO DISCOVERY OF PRE-ACCIDENT REPAIRS BUT NOT POST-ACCIDENT REPAIRS (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court in this stairway slip and fall case, determined plaintiff was entitled to discovery of pre-accident repairs, but not to post-accident repairs:

Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in directing the defendant to produce repair-related records for the subject stairway, and a list of all employees and contractors that performed work on the subject stairway, for the period of two years prior to the date of the subject accident. The plaintiffs demonstrated that those documents were material and necessary to the prosecution of this action, and the defendant failed to demonstrate that a protective order was warranted with respect to those documents … .

However, the Supreme Court erred in directing the defendant to disclose such records for the one-year period after the date of the accident. “Evidence of subsequent repairs and remedial measures is not discoverable or admissible in a negligence case” … . “An exception to this rule applies if a defendant’s maintenance of, or control over, the subject instrumentality is at issue” … . Here, there is no issue as to the maintenance and control of the subject stairway … . C.B. v New York City Tr. Auth., 2023 NY Slip Op 04650, Second Dept 9-20-23

Practice Point: Plaintiff in this stairway slip and fall case is entitled to discovery of pre-accident, but not post-accident, repairs.

 

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