Raynor v. 666 Fifth Avenue Ltd. Partnership
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Tompkins, J.), entered on or about June 20, 1995, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Defendant, an out of possession landlord with a general right of reentry, is not liable for general maintenance defects, but only for structural failures or specific statutory violations (see, Johnson v Urena Serv. Ctr., 227 AD2d 325). A hole in a carpet that lay wholly within the demised premises and was usually covered by an employee-placed runner is a non-structural defect over…
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