Opinion
2012-10-25
Andrew CORRIGAN, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. STELLAR MANAGEMENT, LLC, et al., Defendants–Respondents.
Michelle S. Russo, Port Washington, for appellant. Abrams, Gorelick, Friedman & Jacobson, LLP, New York (Chris Christofides of counsel), for respondents.
Michelle S. Russo, Port Washington, for appellant. Abrams, Gorelick, Friedman & Jacobson, LLP, New York (Chris Christofides of counsel), for respondents.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Jane S. Solomon, J.), entered May 27, 2011, which, in this personal injury action, granted defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Defendants made a prima facie showing of their entitlement to judgment as a matter of law with evidence that despite their placement of orange-netted wooden barricades around a construction area, and their provision of unobstructed pathways around the area, plaintiff, after consuming several alcoholic beverages, decided to enter the area, causing him to trip and fall over an open and obvious drain hole ( see Laluna v. DGM Partners, 234 A.D.2d 519, 651 N.Y.S.2d 598 [2d Dept. 1996];see also Vought v. Hemminger, 220 A.D.2d 580, 632 N.Y.S.2d 606 [2d Dept. 1995],lv. denied 88 N.Y.2d 808, 647 N.Y.S.2d 165, 670 N.E.2d 449 [1996] ).
In opposition, plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact. His testimony that he thought the barricades were meant to keep only schoolchildren out of the construction area is incredible. Further, his statements in his affidavit regarding available routes around the area conflict with his deposition testimony.
We have considered plaintiff's remaining contentions and find them unavailing.