Sciara v. Morey

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Kenneth L. Thompson, Jr., J.), entered March 13, 2009, which, in an action for personal injuries sustained when plaintiff worker fell through a wooden storm cellar door on defendant homeowner’s property while attempting to install a new electric meter, denied the homeowner’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

“A landowner owes a duty to exercise reasonable care in maintaining [her] property in a safe condition under all of the circumstances, including the likelihood of injury to others, the seriousness…