Faber v. Place Furniture, Inc.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Fernando Tapia, J.), entered November 7, 2016, which denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, the motion granted, and the complaint dismissed. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment accordingly.

Defendants established prima facie entitlement to summary judgment based on evidence that the single eight inch step onto the furniture display platform in defendants’ showroom—on which plaintiff wife tripped—was an illuminated, open and obvious condition which was readily observable by reasonable use…