VIERA v. RIVERBAY CORPORATION


44 A.D.3d 577 (2007)

845 N.Y.S.2d 12

VANESSA VIERA, Respondent, v. RIVERBAY CORPORATION, Appellant.

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

Decided October 30, 2007.


On August 14, 2003, at approximately 4:10 P.M., a massive power outage occurred leaving tens of millions of people in North America without electricity. At 5:30 P.M. on that date, plaintiff, accompanied by her husband and daughter, went to an apartment building in Co-op City owned by defendant to check on the welfare of plaintiff's mother, who lived in an apartment on the 15th floor of the building. Since the elevator was inoperable due to the blackout, plaintiff, her husband...

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