Tenant's Guest Slipped on Doorway Mat

July 31, 2000

LVT Number: 14283

Tenant's guest sued landlord for negligence. She slipped and fell on a mat placed by tenant outside her apartment door. The guest claimed that landlord had polished the floor too much, making it slippery, and that landlord shouldn't have let tenant leave a mat on the slippery floor. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without a trial. The court ruled for landlord. There was no proof that landlord had negligently applied the floor polish. And landlord didn't control tenant's placement of the mat outside her door.

Tenant's guest sued landlord for negligence. She slipped and fell on a mat placed by tenant outside her apartment door. The guest claimed that landlord had polished the floor too much, making it slippery, and that landlord shouldn't have let tenant leave a mat on the slippery floor. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without a trial. The court ruled for landlord. There was no proof that landlord had negligently applied the floor polish. And landlord didn't control tenant's placement of the mat outside her door.

Coaxum v. 106th St. Houses, Inc.: NYLJ, 7/27/00, p. 22, col. 2 (Sup. Ct. NY; Miller, J)

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