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Monte v. White

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 13, 2001
280 A.D.2d 532 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)

Opinion

Argued January 9, 2001.

February 13, 2001.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from (1) an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Doyle, J.), dated February 2, 2000, which granted the motion of the defendant Richard Wyland for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against him, and (2) an order of the same court dated June 7, 2000, which denied their motion, in effect, for reargument.

Agoglia, Fassberg, Holland Crowe, P.C., Mineola, N.Y. (Craig D. Holland of counsel), for appellants.

Greenfield Reilly, Jericho, N.Y. (Brian J. Greenfield and Mark R. Bernstein of counsel), for respondent.

Before: WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, J.P., LEO F. McGINITY, SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, NANCY E. SMITH, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the appeal from the order dated June 7, 2000, is dismissed, as no appeal lies from an order denying reargument; and it is further,

ORDERED that the order dated February 2, 2000, is reversed, on the law, the motion is denied, and the complaint is reinstated insofar as asserted against the defendant Richard Wyland; and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellants are awarded one bill of costs.

The defendant Richard Wyland failed to make a prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law (see, Winegrad v. New York Univ. Med. Center, 64 N.Y.2d 851, 853). The deposition testimony presented an issue of fact as to whether the defendant exercised reasonable care under all of the circumstances (see, Basso v. Miller, 40 N.Y.2d 233, 241). Accordingly, the Supreme Court erred in granting Wyland's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against him.


Summaries of

Monte v. White

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 13, 2001
280 A.D.2d 532 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
Case details for

Monte v. White

Case Details

Full title:MARIE J. MONTE, ETC., ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. SUSAN WHITE, DEFENDANT…

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

Date published: Feb 13, 2001

Citations

280 A.D.2d 532 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
720 N.Y.S.2d 396