From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

Gaddy v. Colgate Scaffolding Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Feb 27, 1997
236 A.D.2d 333 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

Opinion

February 27, 1997.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Stanley Green, J.), entered September 15, 1995, which denied defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, is unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the motion is granted and the complaint is dismissed. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment in favor of the defendants-appellants dismissing the complaint. Order, same court and Justice, which granted defendants' motion to reargue and, upon reargument, adhered to the prior decision, is unanimously dismissed as academic in view of the foregoing.

Before: Wallach, J.P., Nardelli, Tom, Mazzarelli and Andrias, JJ.


Initially, we note our disagreement with the IAS Court's finding with respect to the scope of defendants' duty and conclude that the provisions of the contract in question do not provide for a duty on the part of defendants to inspect the sidewalk bridge in question at periodic intervals ( see, Gerdowsky v Crain's N. Y. Bus., 188 AD2d 93).

We also find that the IAS Court erred when it determined that an issue of fact existed as to whether defendants had notice of the alleged defect. In the matter before us, plaintiff has failed to demonstrate that defendant created the dangerous condition or had actual notice of it, and has submitted no evidence as to the amount of time that the dangerous condition existed from which a jury could infer constructive notice ( Moss v JNK Capital, 211 AD2d 769, affd 85 NY2d 1005; Fasolino v Charming Stores, 77 NY2d 847, 848).


Summaries of

Gaddy v. Colgate Scaffolding Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Feb 27, 1997
236 A.D.2d 333 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
Case details for

Gaddy v. Colgate Scaffolding Corp.

Case Details

Full title:KIMBERLY GADDY, Respondent, v. COLGATE SCAFFOLDING CORP. et al., Appellants

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

Date published: Feb 27, 1997

Citations

236 A.D.2d 333 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
655 N.Y.S.2d 331

Citing Cases

Lopez v. Mid State Mgmt. Corp.

r agents where a breach of the statutory duty proximately causes an injury ( Gordon, 82 N.Y.2d at 559; Ross…

Morales v. Spring Scaffolding

ll workers regardless of the ability to direct, supervise and control those workers would lead to improbable…