ORTIZ-ZAYAS v. 98 RIVINGTON REALTY CORP.

Index No. 159710/16. Appeal No. 14570. Case No. 2020-04150.

199 A.D.3d 467 (2021)

154 N.Y.S.3d 231

2021 NY Slip Op 06096

Elba Ortiz-Zayas et al., Respondents, v. 98 Rivington Realty Corp., Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, and Catherine Deli & Bagels, Defendant/Second Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant. City of New York, Third-Party Defendant/Second Third-Party Defendant-Respondent.

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

Decided November 9, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Congdon, Flaherty, O'Callaghan, Travis & Fishlinger, Uniondale ( Michael T. Reagan of counsel), for appellant.

Arnold E. DiJoseph, P.C., New York ( Arnold E. DiJoseph III of counsel), for Elba Ortiz-Zayas and Esquio Zayas, respondents.

Callahan & Fusco, LLC, New York ( Christopher S. Del Bove of counsel), for 98 Rivington Realty Corp., respondent.

James E. Johnson , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Elina Druker of counsel), for City of New York, respondent.

Concur—Manzanet-Daniels, J.P., Oing, Moulton, Scarpulla, JJ.


Defendant failed to establish prima facie that it did not cause or create the condition that caused plaintiff's accident (see Westbrook v WR Activities-Cabrera Mkts., 5 A.D.3d 69, 75 [1st Dept 2004]). The record reveals a metal platform more than three inches high mounted on the sidewalk along the perimeter of the delicatessen and protruding onto the sidewalk area, with an orange gaming...

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