PORTILLA v. RODRIGUEZ


179 A.D.2d 631 (1992)

Judith Portilla, Appellant, v. Carmen Rodriguez, Doing Business as Jennie's Hair Stylist, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

January 13, 1992


Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is granted, with costs to abide the event.

The plaintiff fell while descending a ramp in the defendant's beauty parlor. The ramp had been installed to connect two areas of the room which were approximately one foot different in height. The ramp had no handrails, and the plaintiff testified that as she was falling, she futilely reached out in an attempt to grasp onto something. The plaintiff also proffered...

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