Buonchristiano v. Fordham University

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alexander W. Hunter, Jr., J.), entered June 30, 2015, which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion denied.

Plaintiff tripped and fell on a step on a walkway on defendant’s premises while crossing the campus during her lunch break. Assuming that defendant established prima facie that the step was open and obvious and not inherently dangerous

(see Philips v Paco Lafayette LLC, 106 AD3d 631 [1st Dept 2013]), plaintiff raised a triable issue of fact whether the…