Hawthorne-King v. New York City Housing Authority

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ellen M. Coin, J.), entered on or about February 20, 2014, which granted defendant New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion denied.

Plaintiff alleges that she slipped and fell on exterior steps of a building owned by defendant NYCHA, when she used her foot to swipe aside a potato chip bag on one step, and then slipped on an oily substance underneath the bag.

NYCHA failed to meet its prima facie burden to show that its employees did not…