Ballestas v. City of New York

—Order of the Supreme Court, New York County (Marks, J.), entered on July 17, 1984, which denied the motion of defendant Diamond International Corporation (Diamond) for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and all cross claims against it, reversed, to the extent appealed from, on the law, and the motion for summary judgment is granted, with costs, and the complaint and all cross claims against Diamond are dismissed.

Plaintiff’s decedent Carmen Ballestas, employed as a cleaning woman in the Diamond International Building in Manhattan, was scalded to death when a steam pipe in the basement…