Hewett v. Conway Stores, Inc.

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward Lehner, J.), entered October 30, 1998, which, to the extent appealed from, granted defendants’, Conway Stores, Inc. and Conway Organization, motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the motion denied, and the complaint against those defendants reinstated.

On August 14, 1994, at about 4:00 p.m., plaintiff slipped on wet stairs between the ladies department and the cash register in defendants’ department store. Since it is undisputed that it had been raining, heavily at times, throughout…