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Cohen v. Leisure Time Recreation, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 3, 2003
304 A.D.2d 333 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)

Opinion

690

April 3, 2003.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Barbara Kapnick, J.), entered on or about November 19, 2001, which granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Brian J. Isaac, for plaintiff-appellant.

Henry D. Nelkin, for defendant-respondent.

Before: Buckley, P.J., Tom, Rosenberger, Ellerin, Williams, JJ.


The court properly granted defendant's motion for summary judgment. The deposition testimony of defendant's supervisory employee, to the effect that he had no notice of the alleged hazard and that he had inspected the site of plaintiff's accident shortly before the accident and immediately after defendant's maintenance employee had finished working in the area and found no sign of the complained of hazard, i.e., water on the floor, was sufficient to establish, prima facie, that defendant had no notice of and had not created the hazard (see Strowman v. Great Atl. Pac. Tea Co., 252 A.D.2d 384). Plaintiff's purely speculative contention that defendant's maintenance employee may have created the hazard was insufficient to raise a triable issue (see Dumbrower v. Maharia Realty Corp., 296 A.D.2d 353).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

Cohen v. Leisure Time Recreation, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 3, 2003
304 A.D.2d 333 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)
Case details for

Cohen v. Leisure Time Recreation, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:JONATHAN COHEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LEISURE TIME RECREATION, INC.…

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

Date published: Apr 3, 2003

Citations

304 A.D.2d 333 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)
757 N.Y.S.2d 36

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