Opinion
November 17, 1997
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Nassau County (DiNoto, J.).
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
In this slip and fall case, the affidavit of the plaintiffs' expert contained nothing more than mere surmise and conjecture. It was therefore insufficient to demonstrate the existence of a triable issue of fact as to whether the floor upon which the plaintiff Arlene Savage slipped was improperly waxed ( see, Alvarez v. Prospect Hosp., 68 N.Y.2d 320; Zuckerman v. City of New York, 49 N.Y.2d 557; see also, Borelli v. 1051 Realty Corp., 242 A.D.2d 517; Beary v. Waterview Nursing Care Ctr., 242 A.D.2d 516).
We note that the plaintiffs have abandoned on appeal any contention that the defendants had notice, actual or constructive, of the condition, and rely solely on their allegation that the defendants created the condition complained of.
The plaintiffs' remaining contentions are academic in light of this determination.
Pizzuto, J. P., Santucci, Joy and Florio, JJ., concur.