Legal Opinion
Portilla v. Rodriguez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 13, 1992PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff fell while descending a ramp in the defendant’s beauty parlor. The ramp had been installed to connect two areas of the room which were approximately one foot different in height. The ramp had no handrails, and the plaintiff testified that as she was falling, she futilely reached out in an attempt to grasp onto something. The plaintiff also proffered the testimony of an expert in engineering and the design of walking surfaces. The expert would have testified that the ramp in question was unsafe and failed to meet certain requirements of the New York City Building Code. Without…
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