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Del Carmen Cuaya Coyotl v. 2504 BPE Realty LLC

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
Feb 27, 2014
114 A.D.3d 620 (N.Y. App. Div. 2014)

Opinion

2014-02-27

Maria Del Carmen Cuaya COYOTL, Plaintiff–Respondent, v. 2504 BPE REALTY LLC, Defendant–Appellant.

Molod Spitz & DeSantis, P.C., New York (Marcy Sonneborn of counsel), for appellant. Dinkes & Schwitzer, P.C., New York (Andrea M. Arrigo of counsel), for respondent.


Molod Spitz & DeSantis, P.C., New York (Marcy Sonneborn of counsel), for appellant. Dinkes & Schwitzer, P.C., New York (Andrea M. Arrigo of counsel), for respondent.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Norma Ruiz, J.), entered July 26, 2013, which denied defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The court properly found that defendant failed to sustain its initial burden of demonstrating that its negligence was not a proximate cause of plaintiff's injuries. Defendant's manager testified that neither he nor the building superintendent inspected the fire escape at any time ( see Hayes v. Riverbend Hous. Co., Inc., 40 A.D.3d 500, 501, 836 N.Y.S.2d 589 [1st Dept.2007],lv. denied 9 N.Y.3d 809, 844 N.Y.S.2d 784, 876 N.E.2d 513 [2007];Perez v. 2305 Univ. Ave., LLC, 78 A.D.3d 462, 463, 911 N.Y.S.2d 38 [1st Dept.2010] ). Numerous witnesses and a surveillance video indicated that the drop down ladder on the fire escape may not have functioned properly, since it did not extend to the ground. Witnesses and the video indicate that persons evacuating the building because of the fire had to jump off the ladder or be assisted to the ground. Defendant failed to demonstrate as a matter of law that the resulting delay in getting off the fire escape was not a significant factor in plaintiff's accident. MAZZARELLI, J.P., ACOSTA, RENWICK, FREEDMAN, MANZANET–DANIELS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Del Carmen Cuaya Coyotl v. 2504 BPE Realty LLC

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
Feb 27, 2014
114 A.D.3d 620 (N.Y. App. Div. 2014)
Case details for

Del Carmen Cuaya Coyotl v. 2504 BPE Realty LLC

Case Details

Full title:Maria Del Carmen Cuaya COYOTL, Plaintiff–Respondent, v. 2504 BPE REALTY…

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.

Date published: Feb 27, 2014

Citations

114 A.D.3d 620 (N.Y. App. Div. 2014)
114 A.D.3d 620
2014 N.Y. Slip Op. 1399

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