Torres v. New York City Housing Authority

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Milton A. Tingling, J.), entered April 5, 2013, which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion denied.

Plaintiff alleges that she slipped on a greasy liquid leaking from garbage bags placed on the public sidewalk by defendant’s workers. Pursuant to Administrative Code of the City of New York § 7-210 (b), the owner of property abutting a public sidewalk has a duty to maintain the sidewalk in a reasonably safe condition and is liable for failure to do so (see…