Legal Opinion

Budano v. Gurdon

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 22, 2013Published

1Opinion of the Court

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Kenneth L. Thompson, Jr., J.), entered June 28, 2012, which, in an action for personal injuries allegedly sustained when plaintiff slipped and fell as he ascended the stairs in defendant’s building, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Defendant established his entitlement to judgment as a matter of law. Defendant submitted, inter alia, photographs of the subject step and staircase, showing that the claimed defect, a worn and slippery step, was too trivial to be actionable (see Cintron…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Outlaw v. Citibank, N.A.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  2. Santiago v. United Artists Communications, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  3. Raghu v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  4. Cintron v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  5. Gaud v. MarkhamAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003

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