Gilchrist v. City of New York

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Geoffery D. Wright, J.), entered September 6, 2011, which, in this negligence action arising from plaintiffs fall from a chair, granted the motion of defendants City of New York and City of New York Human Resources Administration for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and denied plaintiffs cross motion to strike defendants’ pleadings, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, defendants’ motion denied, and plaintiffs cross motion granted to the extent of directing an adverse inference charge and preclusion of defendant’s testimony as to the…