Opinion
2020–04442 Index No. 612366/15
02-22-2023
Nicole FIGUEROA, appellant, v. William J. FIGUEROA, et al., defendants, Paul W. Ceberek, respondent.
Kritzer Law Group, Smithtown, NY (David S. Kritzer of counsel), for appellant. Hardin, Kundla, McKeon & Poletto, P.A., New York, NY (Stephen J. Donahue of counsel), for respondent.
Kritzer Law Group, Smithtown, NY (David S. Kritzer of counsel), for appellant.
Hardin, Kundla, McKeon & Poletto, P.A., New York, NY (Stephen J. Donahue of counsel), for respondent.
REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P., ROBERT J. MILLER, LINDA CHRISTOPHER, JANICE A. TAYLOR, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (William J. Condon, J.), dated May 4, 2020. The order, insofar as appealed from, granted that branch of the motion of the defendant Paul W. Ceberek which was for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against him.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The plaintiff allegedly was injured while riding as a passenger on a motorcycle operated by the defendant William J. Figueroa (hereinafter William) on Sound Avenue in the Town of Riverhead. According to the plaintiff, in order to avoid a collision with a motor vehicle traveling in front of them, William swerved the motorcycle and struck a boulder located in front of certain property owned by the defendant Paul W. Ceberek. Thereafter, the plaintiff commenced the instant action against, among others, Ceberek. Ceberek moved, inter alia, for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against him. In an order dated May 4, 2020, the Supreme Court, among other things, granted that branch of Ceberek's motion. The plaintiff appeals.
In support of his motion, Ceberek established his prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against him by submitting evidence demonstrating that the placement of the subject boulder was not a proximate cause of the accident (see Cagliostro v. McCarthy, 102 A.D.3d 823, 824, 958 N.Y.S.2d 455 ; Rodriguez v. Hernandez, 37 A.D.3d 809, 810, 830 N.Y.S.2d 780 ; McKenna v. Garcia, 189 A.D.2d 756, 756–757, 592 N.Y.S.2d 414 ). In opposition, the plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact.
The plaintiff's remaining contentions are without merit.
Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly granted that branch of Ceberek's motion which was for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against him.
RIVERA, J.P., MILLER, CHRISTOPHER and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.