Sergio v. Benjolo N. V.

OPINION OF THE COURT

David B. Saxe, J.

This reargument motion raises an issue of law which has not been directly addressed by prior case law, concerning whether an absentee landlord’s responsibility over unsafe conditions in its building extends beyond structural defects, to transient unsafe conditions. In order to consider that issue, I grant the motion for reargument, and upon reargument my decision denying Benjolo’s prior motion for summary judgment is adhered to, for the following reasons:

*1012The law holds generally that a landlord is not responsible for claims of negligence concerning…