Questão jurídica principal
Whether the window railing in the hotel room constituted a defective work condition under the applicable safety standard.
Decisão extraída
The railing was not shown to be defective; the lower courts could reasonably find that an immediate adaptation to the newer standard was not required.
Fundamentação extraída
A work is defective only if it does not provide sufficient safety for its intended use. Higher safety requirements apply to public-access buildings, but not every deviation from a newer standard creates a defect. Here, the older height still offered substantial protection, the accident circumstances remained unclear, and the cost of immediate structural adaptation was not shown to be proportionate.