Brilliant v. Citibank, N.A.

I would affirm the order appealed on the ground that it is a jury question whether defendant bank’s act of leaving unmonitored, unsecured, detachable rope stanchions in the lobby area of its premises created an unreasonable risk that one of its business invitees would trip over a rope which had fallen to the ground (see, Arvanete v Green St. Realty, 241 AD2d 909 [factual issues as to defendant’s liability when plaintiff tripped over an exposed modem cord which was normally secured to the floor by being placed under a carpet runner]).

It is uncontested that the bank placed stanchions connected…