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Failure to Specifically Demonstrate When Area Where Fall Occurred Was Last Inspected or Cleaned Required Denial of Summary Judgment

The Second Department determined the defendant did not meet its burden of demonstrating a lack of constructive notice of the condition of the stairway where plaintiff fell (allegedly the presence of dirty paper and urine):

Although the defendant submitted an affidavit from the supervisor of the caretaker assigned to clean the subject building on the day immediately preceding the plaintiff’s nighttime accident, that affidavit was insufficient to establish when the stairway was last inspected and cleaned relative to the plaintiff’s fall. The affidavit was conclusory and only referred, in a general manner, to the janitorial schedule followed on normal weekdays. Moreover, another caretaker testified at his deposition, and the defendant concedes, that the normal weekday janitorial schedule was not in effect on the day preceding the plaintiff’s accident, which was the Thanksgiving holiday. Since the defendant did not provide evidence regarding any specific cleaning or inspection of the area in question on that day, the defendant failed to make a prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law… . Williams v New York City Hous Auth, 2014 NY Slip Op 05425, 2nd Dept 7-23-14

 

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