Legal Opinion
Costen v. Cohen
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 28, 2015No. 2014-02366PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Velasquez, J.), dated December 18, 2013, which granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is denied.
The plaintiff was shopping at a retail variety store owned and operated by the defendants. The plaintiff alleges that, after entering the store, she descended an internal staircase, which had “open risers”…
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