Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court properly identified numerous issues of fact that preclude an award of judgment as a matter of law in this negligence case. Most significantly, there is an issue of fact concerning whether the defendants had notice of the separation of the stairway handrail from the newel post (see, Wormer v Barr,
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