HAVENS v. COUNTY OF SARATOGA


50 A.D.3d 1223 (2008)

854 N.Y.S.2d 810

LORETTA L. HAVENS, Appellant, v. COUNTY OF SARATOGA et al., Respondents.

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

Decided April 3, 2008.


Cardona, P.J.

While plaintiff was an inmate at the Saratoga County Correctional Facility she slipped and fell as she was cleaning a shower stall. She was 17 years old at the time. By her uncontradicted account, on the day of her accident she was assigned to wash down the tile stall using soapy water, a sponge and a Brillotype pad. After soaping the walls and floor of the stall, which is approximately 8 to 10 feet long and 3½ feet wide, plaintiff went to the far...

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