HAMEL v. PARK AVE. ARMORY

Index No. 450647/18. Appeal No. 14957. Case No. 2020-04700.

201 A.D.3d 410 (2022)

156 N.Y.S.3d 724

2022 NY Slip Op 00009

Veronica Hamel, Respondent, v. Park Avenue Armory et al., Defendants, Seventh Regiment Armory Conservancy, Inc., Respondent, and The Lighting Syndicate LLC, Appellant.

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

Decided January 4, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicoletti Spinner Ryan Gulino Pinter LLP, New York ( Matthew G. Corcoran of counsel), for appellant.

Aaronson Rappaport Feinstein & Deutsch, LLP, New York ( Elliott J. Zucker of counsel), for Veronica Hamel, respondent.

Miranda Slone Sklarin Verveniotis LLP, Mineola ( Andrew B. Kaufman of counsel), for Seventh Regiment Armory Conservancy, Inc., respondent.

Concur— Gische, J.P., Singh, Mendez, Shulman, Pitt, JJ.


Plaintiff brought this personal injury action alleging that on April 14, 2017, she fell on a black staircase off a rotating stage platform at the Park Avenue Armory while attending the performance of a play. Plaintiff claims that she had to cross the black staircase to get to her seat. She alleges that although the seating area was bright yellow and well lit, the black staircase led to a black landing with no handrails or additional lighting, and no contrasting markings,...

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