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Cottingham v. Hammerson Fifth Avenue, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 16, 1999
259 A.D.2d 348 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)

Opinion

March 16, 1999

Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Alice Schlesinger, I).


Summary judgment dismissing the complaint was properly granted because plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact as to whether defendants had actual or constructive notice of the wet floor upon which she allegedly slipped and fell ( see, Piacquadio v. Recine Realty Corp., 84 N.Y.2d 967; Morchik v. Trinity School, 257 A.D.2d 534; Tsamos v. Volmar Constr. Co., 231 A.D.2d 709). We note that defendants were not affirmatively responsible for creating the complained of hazard by reason of the circumstance that, although mats were placed between the door and the elevators, they were not placed along the route plaintiff chose to follow, or by reason of their failure to have the lobby continuously mopped ( see, Crawford v. MRI Broadway Rental, 254 A.D.2d 68; Negron v. St. Patrick's Nursing Home, 248 A.D.2d 687).

Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Rosenberger, Tom and Lerner, JJ.


Summaries of

Cottingham v. Hammerson Fifth Avenue, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 16, 1999
259 A.D.2d 348 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
Case details for

Cottingham v. Hammerson Fifth Avenue, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:PHOEBE COTTINGHAM, Appellant, v. HAMMERSON FIFTH AVENUE, INC., et al.…

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

Date published: Mar 16, 1999

Citations

259 A.D.2d 348 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
687 N.Y.S.2d 45

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