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Braudy v. Best Buy Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 30, 2009
63 A.D.3d 1092 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)

Opinion

No. 2008-07208.

June 30, 2009.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Smith, J.), dated July 10, 2008, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Simmons, Jannace Stagg, LLP, Syosset, N.Y. (Sal F. DeLuca of counsel), for appellant.

David S. Klausner, PLLC, White Plains, N.Y., for respondent.

Before Spolzino, J.P., Angiolillo, Chambers and Hall, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff allegedly was injured when she fell in the defendant's store. The defendant moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. The Supreme Court denied the defendant's motion. We affirm.

"A defendant who moves for summary judgment in a slip-and-fall case has the initial burden of making a prima facie showing that it neither created the hazardous condition nor had actual or constructive notice of its existence for a sufficient length of time to discover and remedy it" ( Curtis v Dayton Beach Park No. 1 Corp., 23 AD3d 511, 512). "To meet its initial burden on the issue of lack of constructive notice, the defendant must offer some evidence as to when the area in question was last cleaned or inspected relative to the time when the plaintiff fell" ( Birnbaum v New York Racing Assn., Inc., 57 AD3d 598, 598-599). Since the defendant failed to do so here, the Supreme Court correctly denied the defendant's motion without regard to the sufficiency of the plaintiffs opposition papers ( see Winegrad v New York Univ. Med. Ctr., 64 NY2d 851, 852).


Summaries of

Braudy v. Best Buy Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 30, 2009
63 A.D.3d 1092 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)
Case details for

Braudy v. Best Buy Co.

Case Details

Full title:HANSI BRAUDY, Respondent, v. BEST BUY CO., INC., Appellant

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

Date published: Jun 30, 2009

Citations

63 A.D.3d 1092 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)
2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 5499
883 N.Y.S.2d 90

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