Devlin v. Blaggards III Rest. Corp.
| Decision Date | 18 January 2011 |
| Citation | 916 N.Y.S.2d 580,80 A.D.3d 497 |
| Parties | Nora Teresa DEVLIN, et al., Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. BLAGGARDS III RESTAURANT CORP., etc., et al., Defendants-Respondents, Fraglow Realty LLC, Defendant-Appellant. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Richard C. Rubinstein, New York, for appellant.
Carol R. Finocchio, New York, for Nora Teresa Devlin and Ian Mel Devlin, respondents.
Wade Clark Mulcahy, New York (Georgia G. Stagias of counsel), for Blaggards III Restaurant Corp., etc., and Blaggards Restaurant Corp., respondents.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Paul Wooten, J.), entered May 26, 2010, which, insofar as appealed from as limited by the briefs, denied the cross motion of defendant Fraglow Realty LLC (Fraglow) for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against it, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the cross motion granted. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment accordingly. Appeal from order, same court and Justice, entered November 30, 2010, which, inter alia, granted the motion of defendant Blaggards III Restaurant Corp. (Blaggards) to reargue, and upon reargument, granted Blaggards' motion for summary judgment dismissing Fraglow's cross claim for contractual indemnification, unanimously dismissed, without costs, as academic.
Plaintiff, an employee of Blaggards, sustained injuries when she slipped on a wet bathroom floor allegedly caused by a leaking air conditioning vent. Plaintiff claimed that Blaggards' owner and the building's owner, Fraglow, were aware of the defective condition several weeks before her accident, since the subject vent was inspected by Blaggards' owner and the building's superintendent.
As an out-of-possession owner, Fraglow had no obligation to perform repairs. Although Fraglow reserved a right in the lease to enter the premises to make repairs, it could only be found liable forfailing to do so if the nature of the defect that caused the injuries was a significant structural or design defect thatwas contrary to a specific statutory provision ( see Malloy v. Friedland, 77 A.D.3d 583, 911 N.Y.S.2d 290 [2010]; Babich v. R.G.T. Rest. Corp., 75 A.D.3d 439, 440, 906 N.Y.S.2d 528 [2010]. Since there is no evidence that the condition which caused plaintiff to slip constituted such a defect, there is no basis to impose liability for plaintiff's accident on Fraglow. That conclusion is not affected by whether or not...
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