DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff was found unconscious at the bottom of a flight of stairs in the defendant's apartment building, bleeding from a head injury. As a result of the injuries she suffered in the accident, the plaintiff was left in a permanent vegetative state and was thus unable to testify. There were no witnesses to the accident.
The Supreme Court did not err in denying the plaintiff's request for a so-called "Noseworthy" charge (see, Noseworthy v. City of New York, 298 N.Y. 76). The parties were on an equal footing as to their access to knowledge of the events which caused the plaintiff's injuries. Under such circumstances, there is no basis for the requested charge (see, Gayle v. City of New York, 256 A.D.2d 541; see also, Orloski v. McCarthy, 274 A.D.2d 633).
The plaintiff's remaining contentions are without merit.