Tjepkema v. Rochdale Meat Market

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (LeVine, J.), dated May 17, 1996, which denied their motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion for summary judgment is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.

The plaintiff, a professional water meter reader, allegedly injured his back while attempting to close a steel basement door after reading the water meter in the defendants’ basement. He claims that the defendants were negligent,…