Dessasore v. New York City Housing Authority

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (John A. Barone, J.), entered March 20, 2009, which denied defendant’s posttrial motion to set aside the jury’s verdict on liability, granted both parties’ motions to set aside the damages award and directed a new trial on damages, modified, on the law, defendant’s motion to *441set aside the liability verdict granted and the matter remanded for a new trial of all the issues, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff seeks damages for injuries he sustained when he fell down a stairway in defendant’s building after tripping on a handrail that had partially…