Rivera v. Victoria's Secret Stores, LLC

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan M. Kenney, J.), entered June 12, 2014, which granted defendant Victoria’s Secret Stores, LLC’s (Victoria’s Secret) motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Victoria’s Secret established its entitlement to judgment as a matter of law, in this action where plaintiff alleges that she was injured when she tripped and fell over the white wooden base of a clothing rack. Victoria’s Secret submitted photographic and testimonial evidence showing that the base was open and obvious, and not inherently…