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Joseph v. Danice Stores of Nostrand Avenue

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 28, 2002
290 A.D.2d 536 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)

Opinion

2001-09253

Submitted January 9, 2002.

January 28, 2002.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Harkavy, J.), dated September 4, 2001, which denied their motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Chesney Murphy, LLP (Lysaght Russo, P.C., Rockville Centre, N.Y. [Michelle S. Russo] of counsel), for appellants.

Weitz Luxenberg, P.C. (Pollack, Pollack, Isaac DeCicco, New York, N.Y. [Gary Klein and Brian J. Isaac] of counsel), for respondent.

Before: ANITA R. FLORIO, J.P., SONDRA MILLER, WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, THOMAS A. ADAMS, A. GAIL PRUDENTI, JJ.


ORDERED that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.

There is no duty to remove snow and ice while a storm is in progress. A party in possession or control of real property may be held liable for the failure to remove accumulated snow and ice only after a reasonable time subsequent to the ending of the storm (see, Grau v. Taxter Park Assocs., 283 A.D.2d 551; Tilman v. J. DeBenedictis Sons Bldg. Corp., 237 A.D.2d 593, 594). Snow or ice removal undertaken during a storm may be actionable if performed negligently, i.e. the removal either creates a hazardous condition or exacerbates the naturally hazardous condition created by the storm (see, Grau v. Taxter Park Assocs., supra; Marrone v. Verona, 237 A.D.2d 805). The record is clear that it was still snowing at the time of the plaintiff's accident, and is devoid of any evidence indicating that a hazardous condition was either created or exacerbated by any acts of the defendants. Thus, the defendants were entitled to summary judgment.

FLORIO, J.P., S. MILLER, FRIEDMANN, ADAMS and PRUDENTI, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Joseph v. Danice Stores of Nostrand Avenue

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 28, 2002
290 A.D.2d 536 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
Case details for

Joseph v. Danice Stores of Nostrand Avenue

Case Details

Full title:YVONNE JOSEPH, respondent, v. DANICE STORES OF NOSTRAND AVENUE, INC., ET…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jan 28, 2002

Citations

290 A.D.2d 536 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
736 N.Y.S.2d 692

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