Acosta v. Gouverneur Court Ltd. Partnership

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Paul J Wooten, J.), entered May 28, 2014, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, granted defendant Gouverneur Court Limited Partnership’s (defendant) motion for summary judgment dismissing the common-law negligence claim asserted against it, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff alleges that he fell in the boiler room of the building where he worked as a maintenance worker when he attempted to back out of a tight area next to the boiler and his pants got caught on a brace or bracket supporting a pipe. Defendant, the owner of…