Sewell v. City of New York Transit Authority

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Knipel, J.), dated April 3, 2003, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.

The plaintiff slipped and fell on an allegedly damp ramp at the Stillwell Avenue train station in Brooklyn, which was owned and maintained by the defendant City of New York Transit Authority (hereinafter the NYCTA). She commenced this action, contending…