DONKOR v. FIRST GHANA SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH

Index No. 23694/17E. Appeal No. 14391. Case No. 2021-01548.

198 A.D.3d 477 (2021)

152 N.Y.S.3d 606

2021 NY Slip Op 05625

Alexander Donkor, Appellant, v. First Ghana Seventh-Day Adventist Church et al., Respondents.

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

Decided October 14, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of John P. Grill, P.C., Carmel ( John P. Grill of counsel), for appellant.

Lester Schwab Katz & Dwyer, LLP, New York ( John Sandercock of counsel), for respondents.

Concur—Kapnick, J.P., Singh, Shulman, Pitt, Higgitt, JJ.


Defendants established their entitlement to judgment as a matter of law in this action where plaintiff was injured when he slipped and fell while descending a staircase inside of defendants' church. Defendants presented deposition testimony from their secretary that defendants did not have any prior complaints about the condition of the staircase, and from plaintiff, who testified that he had never complained to anyone about the alleged defective staircase. This satisfied...

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