Landlord Had No Notice of Dangerous Condition

December 1, 2001

LVT Number: 15428

Tenant sued landlord for negligence after she slipped and fell on urine in the building's staircase. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without a trial. The court ruled against landlord. Landlord appealed and won. Tenant didn't show there was a recurring condition that landlord had notice of. She didn't claim that the condition existed previously, and landlord showed that the area was cleaned three times on the previous day.

Tenant sued landlord for negligence after she slipped and fell on urine in the building's staircase. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without a trial. The court ruled against landlord. Landlord appealed and won. Tenant didn't show there was a recurring condition that landlord had notice of. She didn't claim that the condition existed previously, and landlord showed that the area was cleaned three times on the previous day.

Brown v. NYCHA: NYLJ, 11/29/01, p. 23, col. 4 (App. T.2 Dept.; Scholnick, PJ, Patterson, Golia, JJ)

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