ALTAMIRANO v. DOOR AUTOMATION CORP.

2233, 400888/04

76 A.D.3d 401 (2010)

907 N.Y.S.2d 164

CHRISTIAN ALTAMIRANO, Appellant, v. DOOR AUTOMATION CORP., Respondent.

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

Decided August 3, 2010.


This personal injury action was brought by a security guard at Lincoln Center, who was operating a large motorized door when part of the mechanism for opening the door—a metal arm—broke off and hit him in the head. The defendant, Door Automation Corp. (DAC), had contracted with Lincoln Center to do repairs, and had repaired the door in question 11 times in the year preceding plaintiff's accident. Apparently, DAC informed Lincoln Center that the doors were being...

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