A building owner’s sole reliance on temperature records, without expert testimony or other evidence, was not enough to rebut the claim of a woman that the sidewalk where she fell was covered with ice, a state judge has concluded.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Doris Ling-Cohan (See Profile) said the records, by themselves, did not establish a prima facie case and denied the owner’s motion to dismiss on summary judgment the personal injury action of Maria Sikora.

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