Griffiths v. Durst Organization Inc.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Sharon A.M. Aarons, J.), entered September 24, 2015, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, denied defendant Nouveau Elevator’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against it, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff alleges that she was injured when an elevator in which she was riding suddenly descended. Plaintiff testified that after the elevator’s doors closed on the 40th floor, it started “dropping fast and shaking violently” until it came to an abrupt stop on the 29th floor, making a loud noise, as though…