Beckford v. New York City Housing Authority

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Mary Ann BriganttiHughes, J), entered October 5, 2009, which granted defendants’ motions for summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

In this personal injury action, plaintiff, a tenant in an apartment house owned by defendant New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), alleges that, while attempting to enter the bathtub in her apartment, she lost her balance and fell into the tub when a grab handle, which had been affixed to the side of the tub, broke off as she took hold of it. Plaintiff alleges that, when she…