Morreale v. Froelich

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Shirley Troutman, J.), entered February 11, 2014. The order denied the motion of defendant for summary judgment.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Plaintiff commenced this action to recover damages for injuries he sustained when he fell down a set of *1281stairs leading to the front entrance of a two-family dwelling owned by defendant. Plaintiff alleged that he was beginning to descend the stairs when he grabbed a finial that broke off from the wrought iron railing to which…