Blagrove v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority

At approximately 6:00 p.m. on January 4, 2008, the plaintiff allegedly was injured when she tripped and fell while descending a stairway leading from the Long Island Rail Road platform at the Locust Manor station in Queens. The plaintiff testified at her deposition that the cause of her accident was a broken and cracked concrete step. The Supreme Court denied the defendants’ motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

In support of their motion for summary judgment, the defendants failed to make a prima facie showing that the alleged defective condition was trivial as a matter of law and, thus,…