Bonds v. New York City Housing Authority

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan Madden, J.), entered August 21, 2001, which, upon a jury verdict, awarded plaintiff damages in the amount of $442,900, plus interest, costs and disbursements, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The trial evidence, fairly considered (see Nicastro v Park, 113 AD2d 129, 134), enabled the jury to conclude that defendant had been negligent, both in failing to mop the floor upon which plaintiff slipped and in failing to take reasonable precautions to prevent another overflow of a nearby slop sink. The causal connection between this negligence and…