Opinion
10-04-2016
Dolly BALLERAM, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. 11P, LLC, Defendant–Respondent.
Krentsel & Guzman, LLP, New York (Steven E. Krentsel of counsel), for appellant. Gannon, Rosenfarb & Drossman, New York (Lisa L. Gokhulsingh of counsel), for respondent.
Krentsel & Guzman, LLP, New York (Steven E. Krentsel of counsel), for appellant.
Gannon, Rosenfarb & Drossman, New York (Lisa L. Gokhulsingh of counsel), for respondent.
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Norma Ruiz, J.), entered August 10, 2015, which granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff's expert failed to identify any applicable statute or rule that requires a landowner to install a handrail or grab-bar in the bathroom of an apartment (see Lunan v. Mormile, 290 A.D.2d 249, 735 N.Y.S.2d 534 [1st Dept.2002] ). Defendant did not breach its common-law duty of care by declining plaintiff's requests for a handrail, since the bathtub was in good working order and not alleged to be defective or hazardous for ordinary use (Rivera v. Nelson Realty, LLC, 7 N.Y.3d 530, 535, 825 N.Y.S.2d 422, 858 N.E.2d 1127 [2006] ).
FRIEDMAN, J.P., SAXE, MOSKOWITZ, GISCHE, KAHN, JJ., concur.