Lamia v. Federated Department Stores, Inc.

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Kitson, J.), entered July 23, 1998, 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 Linda Lamia, while a customer in the defendant’s store, made her way through a narrow pathway formed by crowded racks of clothing to inspect merchandise on one of the racks. When she turned to leave, her foot became caught in a…