Trincere v. County of Suffolk

and votes to reverse the judgment appealed from, deny the defendant’s motion, and order a new trial with the following memorandum in which Goldstein, J., concurs. I disagree with my colleagues’ conclusion that the defect which caused the plaintiff’s fall was so slight and trivial that it does not, as a matter of law, constitute a dangerous condition.

During a brief jury trial, the plaintiff Esther Trincere testified that she tripped and fell over an elevated paving slab in the plaza leading to the north entrance of the Suffolk County District Court building in Hauppauge. The plaintiff…