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Patterson v. Milford Realty

Appellate Term of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 30, 2010
2010 N.Y. Slip Op. 52278 (N.Y. App. Term 2010)

Opinion

570628/10.

Decided December 30, 2010.

Plaintiff appeals from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County (Arthur F. Engoron, J.), dated June 2, 2009, which granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Order (Arthur F. Engoron, J.), dated June 2, 2009, affirmed, with $10 costs.

PRESENT: McKeon, P.J., Schoenfeld, Hunter, Jr., JJ.


Defendant established its prima facie entitlement to summary judgment by submitting evidence that it lacked notice of the condition alleged to have caused plaintiff's fall ( see Wise-Love v 60 Broad St. LLC, 75 AD3d 487). In opposition, plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue. Although plaintiff's cousin (a resident of the building in which the accident occurred) stated at her deposition that water accumulated on the floor in the building each time it rained and that the water would be tracked onto the interior stairs, this demonstrated, at most, that defendant had a general awareness that the floor became wet during inclement weather, which is insufficient to establish constructive notice of the specific condition that caused plaintiff's injury ( see Rodriguez v 520 Audubon Assoc., 71 AD3d 417). Nor did plaintiff raise a triable issue regarding her allegation that the subject stairs were in violation of Administrative Code of City of NY § 27-375(h) ( see Rodriguez, supra; compare Babich v R.G.T. Restaurant Corp., 75 AD3d 439).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE COURT.

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Summaries of

Patterson v. Milford Realty

Appellate Term of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 30, 2010
2010 N.Y. Slip Op. 52278 (N.Y. App. Term 2010)
Case details for

Patterson v. Milford Realty

Case Details

Full title:MASHIKA PATTERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MILFORD REALTY, L.L.C.…

Court:Appellate Term of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Dec 30, 2010

Citations

2010 N.Y. Slip Op. 52278 (N.Y. App. Term 2010)