Opinion
2013-04-23
Emmanuel BOACHIE, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. 57–115 ASSOCIATES, L.P., Defendant–Respondent.
Sim & Record, LLP, Bayside (Sang J. Sim of counsel), for appellant. Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York (Andrew J. Potak of counsel), for respondent.
Sim & Record, LLP, Bayside (Sang J. Sim of counsel), for appellant. Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York (Andrew J. Potak of counsel), for respondent.
GONZALEZ, P.J., MAZZARELLI, MOSKOWITZ, RENWICK, MANZANET–DANIELS, JJ.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Geoffrey D. Wright, J.), entered February 8, 2012, which, in this personal injury action arising from plaintiff's alleged fall on a stairway in defendant's building, granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Defendant made a prima facie showing that it did not create or have actual or constructive notice of the wet condition on the stairway by submitting the testimony of plaintiff, the testimony of the area and maintenance supervisors for the subject building, and the log book entry for the date of the accident, which failed to indicate a hazardous condition in the area of the accident ( see Pfeuffer v. New York City Hous. Auth., 93 A.D.3d 470, 471, 940 N.Y.S.2d 566 [1st Dept. 2012] ).
In opposition, plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact.
The court properly determined that the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur is inapplicable under the circumstances ( see generally Dermatossian v. New York City Tr. Auth., 67 N.Y.2d 219, 226, 501 N.Y.S.2d 784, 492 N.E.2d 1200 [1986] ).