Lucatelli v. Crescent Associates

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Rumsey, J.), entered October 28, 2014 in Tompkins County, which denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

In March 2011, plaintiff attended a doctor’s appointment with her geriatric physician in an office building owned by defendant, a general partnership. While attempting to exit the building by descending a sloping tile floor gradually leading through the inner vestibule to the main door, plaintiff tripped and fell, sustaining a compound fracture of her femur. Plaintiff and her daughter, who witnessed plaintiff’s fall,…