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Aprea-Smith v. Smith

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 30, 2010
71 A.D.3d 1068 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)

Opinion

No. 2009-01685.

March 30, 2010.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Starkey, J.), dated January 13, 2009, which granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Sullivan Papain Block McGrath Cannavo, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Stephen C. Glasser of counsel), for appellants.

Richard T. Lau, Jericho, N.Y. (Nancy S. Goodman of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Covello, J.P., Florio, Miller and Eng, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The injured plaintiff and her husband, suing derivatively, commenced this action to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained by the injured plaintiff when she fell while descending an interior staircase within residential premises the plaintiffs leased from the defendant. At her deposition, the injured plaintiff testified that she could not explain how she fell.

The defendant made a prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by establishing that the injured plaintiff was unable to identify the cause of her fall ( see Lissauer v Shaarei Halacha, Inc., 37 AD3d 427, 427). In opposition, the plaintiffs failed, to raise a triable issue of fact ( see Alvarez v Prospect Hosp., 68 NY2d 320; Lissauer v Shaarei Halacha, Inc., 37 AD3d at 427). Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.


Summaries of

Aprea-Smith v. Smith

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 30, 2010
71 A.D.3d 1068 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)
Case details for

Aprea-Smith v. Smith

Case Details

Full title:ANGELINA APREA-SMITH et al., Appellants, v. MIKE SMITH, Respondent

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

Date published: Mar 30, 2010

Citations

71 A.D.3d 1068 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)
2010 N.Y. Slip Op. 2730
901 N.Y.S.2d 277

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