Sentina Brown fell on a wet floor and sued ABM Industries--the company which performed cleaning services for the office building.
When the Bronx County Supreme Court refused to throw Sentina's case out, ABM went to the Appellate Division, First Department, which also didn't think the company was free of liability.
Apparently, it wasn't raining, there were no leaks in the area, and no caution signs were in place. Moreover, both Sentina and a co-worker remembered seeing an ABM employee--with a mop and bucket in tow--when the accident occurred.
Though ABM showed that the area wasn't scheduled to be cleaned until much later in the day, that wasn't enough to warrant the dispute's dismissal.
(ABM might have owed a "duty of care," since "a force or instrument of harm" had been set in motion when its employee mopped the floor, left a puddle of water, and failed to place any warning signs in the area.)
They did it up Brown.
To view a copy of the Appellate Division's decision, please use this link: Brown v. Simone Dev. Co.