| Reid v 645 LLC |
| 2023 NY Slip Op 01854 [215 AD3d 436] |
| April 6, 2023 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| Chantay Reid, Appellant, v 645 LLC et al., Respondents. |
The Altman Law Firm, PLLC, Woodmere (Michael T. Altman of counsel), for appellant.
Gannon Rosenfarb & Drossman, New York (Lisa L. Gokhulsingh of counsel), for 645 LLC, respondent.
Miranda Slone Sklarin Verveniotis, Mineola (Laura Alto of counsel), for 1701 Grocery Corp., respondent.
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Adrian N. Armstrong, J.), entered on or about March 4, 2022, which granted defendants' motions for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff alleges that she slipped and fell off a semi-circular platform or step outside
defendant's grocery store because the platform was smaller than the swing of the door, in
violation of Administrative Code of the City of New York § 27-371 (h).
Supreme Court correctly found that defendants established prima facie through the
affidavit of an expert who inspected the premises and reviewed photographs, that the
platform complied with the Code and that, in opposition, plaintiff failed to raise an issue
of fact through the affidavit of her expert. While plaintiff's expert found that the floor
extending out on both sides of the door was just 28