Opinion
February 27, 1986
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Schenectady County (Shea, J.).
Jennie Avramidis, an infant, injured her left foot when she stepped on a sharp object beneath the surface of the water in a swimming pool owned and operated by defendant. Plaintiff then commenced this action seeking damages for the injury sustained by the infant. Thereafter, defendant, arguing that it had no notice or knowledge of the alleged defect that caused the injury, moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. Special Term denied such motion, and this appeal ensued.
We affirm. Judgment in defendant's favor is inappropriate at this early stage of the litigation since there exists a question of fact, inter alia, as to whether defendant may have breached its duty to reasonably inspect the pool for the presence of foreign objects likely to cause injury to patrons of the pool, thereby obviating the necessity of a showing that defendant had received notice of the alleged defect (see, 4B Warren, Negligence in the New York Courts, Parks, § 1.02, at 432-433 [3d ed]).
Order affirmed, with costs. Main, J.P., Weiss, Mikoll, Yesawich, Jr., and Harvey, JJ., concur.