Gonzalez v. Vincent James Management Co.

—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Kenneth Thompson, J.), entered on or about April 9, 2002, which, in an action for personal injuries caused by falling debris from a kitchen ceiling, insofar as appealed from, denied defendant-appellant contractor’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against it, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The motion was premature. Appellant admits that less than two years before the accident, it retiled the bathroom floor directly above the kitchen in which plaintiff was injured, but its witness lacked personal knowledge of the work and could…