Lopez v. Chan

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard F. Braun, J.), entered March 14, 2012, which, to the extent appealed from, denied the motion of defendant landlord Elizabeth Angela Chan for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against her, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion granted. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment dismissing the complaint as against Elizabeth Angela Chan.

In February 2008, plaintiff slipped and fell down a stairway while lowering a hand truck to deliver cases of beer to a storage cellar below a grocery store. Plaintiff was descending…