Cotto v. New York City Housing Authority

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Walker, J.), dated October 21, 2016, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is granted.

The plaintiff alleges that in June 2013, almost immediately after he opened one of the windows in the living room of his mother’s rental apartment, it slammed shut, severing the tip of his left ring finger. Thereafter,…