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Muto v. Roman Catholic Church of St. John the Evangelist

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Dec 30, 2009
68 A.D.3d 1789 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)

Opinion

No. CA 09-01131.

December 30, 2009.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Monroe County (David M. Barry, J.), entered March 31, 2009 in a personal injury action. The order denied the motion of defendants for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

CHARLES A. HALL, ROCHESTER, FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

THE KAMMHOLZ LAW FIRM, FAIRPORT (BRADLEY P. KAMMHOLZ OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT.

Present: Hurlbutt, J.P., Fahey, Peradotto, Green and Gorski, JJ.


It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Plaintiff commenced this action seeking damages for injuries she sustained when she allegedly tripped on a floor mat on property owned and occupied by defendants, causing her to fall. Contrary to the contention of defendants, Supreme Court properly denied their motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. By their own submissions, defendants raised a triable issue of fact whether they had notice that the condition of the floor mat on the day of plaintiffs fall rendered it a tripping hazard ( see Groth v BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., 59 AD3d 1086; cf. Quinn v Holiday Health Fitness Ctrs. of N.Y., Inc., 15 AD3d 857; see generally Zuckerman v City of New York, 49 NY2d 557, 562).


Summaries of

Muto v. Roman Catholic Church of St. John the Evangelist

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Dec 30, 2009
68 A.D.3d 1789 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)
Case details for

Muto v. Roman Catholic Church of St. John the Evangelist

Case Details

Full title:ELEANORE MUTO, Respondent, v. ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE…

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

Date published: Dec 30, 2009

Citations

68 A.D.3d 1789 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)
2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 9903
891 N.Y.S.2d 770

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