Opinion
02-16-2017
Betty L. RICHARDSON, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. BROOKFIELD PROPERTIES OLP CO. LLC, et al., Defendants–Respondents, Liberty Marble, Inc. Defendant.
Jason Levine, New York, for appellant. Faust Goetz Schenker & Blee LLP, New York (Lisa De Lindsay of counsel), for Brookfield respondents. Byrne & O'Neill, LLP, New York (Elaine C. Gangel of counsel), for Cooper, Robertson & Partners Architects, LLP, respondent. Camacho Mauro Mulholland, LLP, New York (Wendy Jennings of counsel), for Turner Construction Company, respondent. Milber Makris Plousadis & Seiden, LLP, Woodbury (Lorin A. Donnelly of counsel), for Quennell Rothschild & Partners, LLP, respondent.
Jason Levine, New York, for appellant.
Faust Goetz Schenker & Blee LLP, New York (Lisa De Lindsay of counsel), for Brookfield respondents.
Byrne & O'Neill, LLP, New York (Elaine C. Gangel of counsel), for Cooper, Robertson & Partners Architects, LLP, respondent.
Camacho Mauro Mulholland, LLP, New York (Wendy Jennings of counsel), for Turner Construction Company, respondent.
Milber Makris Plousadis & Seiden, LLP, Woodbury (Lorin A. Donnelly of counsel), for Quennell Rothschild & Partners, LLP, respondent.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Paul Wooten, J.), entered October 14, 2015, as amended November 12, 2015, which granted defendants summary judgment dismissing the third amended complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Defendant owners and contractors met their prima facie burden (see e.g. Remes v. 513 W. 26th Realty, LLC, 73 A.D.3d 665, 666, 903 N.Y.S.2d 8 [1st Dept.2010] ; Jones v. Presbyterian Hosp. in City of N.Y., 3 A.D.3d 225, 771 N.Y.S.2d 109 [1st Dept.2004] ; see generally Espinal v. Melville Snow Contrs., 98 N.Y.2d 136, 140, 746 N.Y.S.2d 120, 773 N.E.2d 485 [2002] ), and plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact as to whether an optical confusion contributed to her accident (see Remes, 73 A.D.3d at 666, 903 N.Y.S.2d 8 ).
RICHTER, J.P., MANZANET–DANIELS, GISCHE, WEBBER, KAHN, JJ., concur.