CHESTER v. MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

11083.

180 A.D.3d 562 (2020)

118 N.Y.S.3d 612

2020 NY Slip Op 01258

Gertrude Chester, Appellant, v. The Museum of Modern Art, Respondent.

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

Decided February 20, 2020.


Defendant established prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law in this action where plaintiff was injured when, after walking over a stone bridge in the outdoor garden at defendant museum, she fell when she stepped onto one of the two stairs at the end of the bridge. Plaintiff alleges that the absence of handrails proximately caused her fall. Defendant submitted evidence showing that the steps were well maintained...

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