Legal Opinion
Covington v. New York City Housing Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 28, 2016No. 69 150104/10PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard F. Braun, J.), entered on or about October 15, 2014, which denied defendant’s (NYCHA) motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
NYCHA failed to establish prima facie that it did not have constructive notice of the urine condition in its building’s stairwell that caused plaintiff’s accident. Its supervisor of caretakers stated that the caretaker assigned to the building conducted a “walk down” of the building on the morning of the accident in adherence to a routine cleaning schedule. However, NYCHA…
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