The landlord of a Lower East Side walk-up cannot escape liability for a student’s fall from a fire escape on grounds that a 1929 law outlawing the type of fire escape from which she fell had been grandfathered under the statute.
New York University student Anastasia Klupchak was visiting a friend when she stepped out of the apartment onto a vertical ladder fire escape platform, which had safety railings on only two sides. She plummeted 12 feet, falling on a roof extension, and is now a paraplegic.
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