Edwards v. Nemenyi

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Mercorella, J.), entered February 16, 1982, upon a jury verdict in plaintiff’s favor in the sum of $50,000, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the complaint dismissed. Plaintiff, a 63-year-old cleaning woman, claimed negligence on the part of defendants, for whom she worked biweekly, in providing a defective step stool for use in the course of her housework. At the time of the accident plaintiff was standing barefooted on the top of the stool which was 25 to 30 inches high, holding onto the lower part of the window with…