We recently won summary judgment for a building owner in Queens County Supreme Court, and the whole trip-and-fall case was dismissed.
The key wasn’t video or experts. It was the lease. The restaurant tenant took the space “as is” and agreed to handle all interior repairs, including these stairs, which only its own staff used. That made our client an out-of-possession landlord with no duty to the plaintiff.
Owners and carriers: your best defense may already be in your file cabinet. Read your repair and maintenance clauses closely.
