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THE STATE, AS AN OUT-OF-POSSESSION LANDLORD, FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE THE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR HIRED TO DO RENOVATIONS DID NOT CREATE THE DANGEROUS CONDITION WHICH INJURED CLAIMANT; THE STATE’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing the Court of Claims, determined the defendant (New York State) was an out-of-possession landlord with respect to a public restroom at a state park. Plaintiff alleged a heavy trash receptacle fell from the wall. The Court of Claims had granted the state’s motion for summary judgment. But the Second Department held there was a question of fact whether the independent contractor hired by the state to renovate the restroom created the dangerous condition:

“While an out-of-possession landowner is generally not responsible for injuries that occur on its premises unless the landowner has retained control over the premises and is contractually or statutorily obligated to repair or maintain the premises or has assumed a duty to repair or maintain the premises by virtue of a course of conduct, liability may attach to an out-of-possession owner who has affirmatively created a dangerous condition or defect” … . Here, the defendant failed to establish its prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law dismissing so much of the claim as alleged negligence because it failed to submit evidence showing that the independent contractor that the defendant hired to renovate the subject restroom did not cause the alleged dangerous condition  … . Cintron v State of New York, 2020 NY Slip Op 06486, Second Dept 11-12-20

 

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