Opinion
2012-04-24
Barbara Maciejewska SAWICKI, et al., appellants, v. CONKLIN REALTY CO., LLC, respondent.
Bergman, Bergman, Goldberg & Lamonsoff, LLP, Mineola, N.Y. (Allen Goldberg, Julie T. Mark, and Brian Isaac of counsel), for appellants. Lester Schwab Katz & Dwyer, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Harry Steinberg of counsel), for respondent.
Bergman, Bergman, Goldberg & Lamonsoff, LLP, Mineola, N.Y. (Allen Goldberg, Julie T. Mark, and Brian Isaac of counsel), for appellants. Lester Schwab Katz & Dwyer, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Harry Steinberg of counsel), for respondent.
RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P., ARIEL E. BELEN, L. PRISCILLA HALL, and ROBERT J. MILLER, JJ.
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Sher, J.), dated January 11, 2011, which granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiffs allege that the plaintiff Barbara Maciejewska Sawicki was injured as a result of stumbling on the plastic edging of a stairway landing of the apartment building where she lived, which was owned by the defendant. The defendant moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, relying upon, among other things, the plaintiffs' deposition testimony and photographs which the plaintiffs testified accurately depicted the condition of the plastic edging at the time of the accident. The defendant established, prima facie, its entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by demonstrating that the alleged defect, which did not have any of the characteristics of a trap or snare, was trivial and, therefore, not actionable ( see Trincere v. County of Suffolk, 90 N.Y.2d 976, 665 N.Y.S.2d 615, 688 N.E.2d 489; Schenpanski v. Promise Deli, Inc., 88 A.D.3d 982, 931 N.Y.S.2d 650; Milewski v. Washington Mut., Inc., 88 A.D.3d 853, 931 N.Y.S.2d 336; Grosskopf v. 8320 Parkway Towers Corp., 88 A.D.3d 765, 930 N.Y.S.2d 661). In opposition, the plaintiffs failed to raise a triable issue of fact as to whether the alleged defect was trivial as a matter of law ( see Levy v. Kung Sit Huie, 54 A.D.3d 731, 863 N.Y.S.2d 498). Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
The plaintiffs' remaining contentions need not be reached in light of our determination.