Penge v. Board of Education

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Anne Targum, J.), entered May 29, 2002, in an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained when plaintiff slipped and fell on a school stairway, finding, after a jury trial, that defendant was not negligent and dismissing the complaint, reversed, on the law, without costs, the judgment vacated, the complaint reinstated and the matter remanded for a new trial.

Plaintiff tore her right rotator cuff as a result of slipping and falling on a school staircase. She testified that she reached out for the missing adult handrail as she started to fall…