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DOCTRINE OF RES IPSA LOQUITUR PRECLUDED SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN THIS ELEVATOR ACCIDENT CASE.

The First Department determined defendant’s motion for summary judgment in this elevator accident case was properly denied. The doctrine of res ipsa loquitur applied:

The motion court properly concluded that the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur precludes the award of summary judgment in defendant’s favor in this action where plaintiff was injured when the elevator in which he was riding came to a sudden and abrupt stop. Elevator malfunctions ordinarily do not occur in the absence of negligence … , and defendant has failed to demonstrate as a matter of law that it lacked exclusive control over the subject elevator at the time of the accident. Defendant’s argument that vandalism was the cause of the elevator’s malfunction, lacks support in the record, and there is no evidence that plaintiff’s actions played a role in the cause of the accident. Galante v New York City Hous. Auth., 2017 NY Slip Op 00430, 1st Dept 1-24-17

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