Gonzalez v. Handwerger

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (David Levy, J., and a jury), entered November 23, 1990, in favor of plaintiff and against defendants in the amount of $91,819.86, inclusive of interest and costs, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiff, a tenant in premises owned and operated by defendants, was allegedly injured when, painting her bathroom wall, a three-step metal stepladder on which she was standing slipped into a depression in the floor. The ladder hit the sink and broke apart, causing plaintiff to lose her balance and fall, gashing her leg on the cut, jagged edge of the sink.…