LaPadula v. J.A.A. Grocery Corp.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Edmead, J.), entered July 10, 2006, which denied defendants’ respective motions for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff was allegedly injured when she stepped off a front-door step measuring 9 inches in height, and thus exceeding the 71/2-inch maximum height differential specified in the applicable Building Code provision (see Administrative Code of City of NY § 27-371 [h]). Given the evidence of a significant structural or design defect in violation of a specific code safety provision, a triable…