REMES v. 513 WEST 26TH REALTY, LLC

2907, 108902/05, 590712/07, 590320/08, 590877/08

73 A.D.3d 665 (2010)

903 N.Y.S.2d 8

MAIJA-LEENA REMES, Respondent-Appellant, v. 513 WEST 26TH REALTY, LLC, Appellant-Respondent, et al., Defendant. (And a Third-Party Action.) 513 WEST 26TH REALTY, LLC, Second Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant-Respondent, v. INTEGRITY CONTRACTING, INC., et al., Second Third-Party Defendants, and MURDOCH YOUNG ARCHITECTS, Second Third-Party Defendant-Appellant. (And a Third Third-Party Action.)

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

Decided May 27, 2010.


Plaintiff was injured when, while waiting for a friend in the lobby of Owner's building, she took a step backward and fell down two steps from the lobby into a smaller room where the building tenants' mailboxes were located. When plaintiff fell, she tried to grab onto something to break her fall, but was unsuccessful, as there were no handrails installed by the stairs.

The court incorrectly concluded that the stairs at issue...

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