Thomas v. City of New York

*278Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Jerry Crispino, J.), entered July 30, 2003, which, in an action for personal injuries sustained on defendant-respondent New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) premises when an elevator door slammed shut on plaintiff’s finger, denied plaintiff’s motion to strike NYCHA’s answer for discarding a door check that NYCHA replaced immediately after the accident, and failed to address that branch of plaintiffs motion as sought dismissal of the action as against defendant City of New York on consent, unanimously modified, on the law, to dismiss the action as…