Almanzar v. Picasso's Clothing Inc.

—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Gerald Esposito, J.), entered October 18, 1999, which granted defendants-respondents’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against them, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff asserts that while shopping at a clothing store located on premises owned by defendants-respondents out-of-possession landlords, he sustained personal injuries when he tripped over a fish bowl filled with water, causing him to tumble through an open trap door and fall down stairs leading to the basement. Acknowledging that the placement of the bowl on the…