DIXON v. SUM REALTY, CO.

Index No. 20904/17E. Appeal No. 12941. Case No. 2020-02865.

190 A.D.3d 584 (2021)

136 N.Y.S.3d 727

2021 NY Slip Op 00367

Lashawn Dixon, Respondent, v. Sum Realty, Co., Appellant.

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

Decided January 21, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fleischner Potash LLP, White Plains ( Robert Michael Drucker of counsel), for appellant.

John E. Gray , New York ( Jason Levine of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Renwick, J.P., Manzanet-Daniels, Kapnick, Kern, Kennedy, JJ.


While plaintiff's initial deposition testimony was later contradicted by the affidavit she submitted in opposition to defendant's motion, after a break in the deposition, she testified that she had misspoken, and changed her testimony significantly as to how her fall on defendant's staircase occurred. Plaintiff's latter version of the accident is, in the main, consistent with her affidavit. Thus, while the change of testimony mid-deposition presents an issue of credibility...

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