Grassi v. Sea Shore Restaurant

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Howard Silver, J.), entered October 9, 2002, which, upon a jury verdict, awarded plaintiff damages in the principal amount of $550,000, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The trial evidence showed that plaintiff fell, sustaining injuries, when he slipped as he attempted to step from a steeply inclined ramp onto a deck at defendant restaurant. Contrary to defendant’s arguments, the evidence, fairly considered (see Nicastro v Park, 113 AD2d 129, 134 [1985]), permitted the jury to conclude that defendant had not properly maintained the ramp and that this…