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Finocchiaro v. AVR Realty Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Sep 12, 2006
32 A.D.3d 819 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)

Opinion

2005-03878.

September 12, 2006.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal, as limited by their brief and letter dated January 10, 2006, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Giacobbe, J.), dated February 18, 2005, as granted that branch of the motion of the defendants AVR Realty Corp. and Oakwood Center, LLC, which was for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against them.

Mark E. Weinberger, P.C., Great Neck, N.Y. (Marc J. Musman of counsel), for appellants.

Garcia Stallone, Melville, N.Y. (Karl Zamurs of counsel), for respondents.

Before: Crane, J.P., Goldstein, Rivera and Lifson, JJ.


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The plaintiff Ann Marie Finocchiaro allegedly was injured when she tripped and fell on a misaligned concrete wheel stop in the parking lot of a shopping center owned by the respondents Oakwood Center, LLC, and AVR Realty Corp. (hereinafter collectively the respondents). The Supreme Court granted the respondents' motion, inter alia, for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against them.

The respondents made a prima facie showing of entitlement to summary judgment by demonstrating that they neither created nor had actual or constructive notice of the alleged defective condition (see Piacquadio v Recine Realty Corp., 84 NY2d 967, 969 [1994]; Gonzalez v Jenel Mgt. Corp., 11 AD3d 656, 656-657 [2004]; Pianforini v Kelties Bum Steer, 258 AD2d 634, 634-635). In opposition, the plaintiffs failed to raise a triable issue of fact (see Gonzalez v Jenel Mgt. Corp., supra at 657; Lombardo v Island Grill Diner, 276 AD2d 532).

Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly granted summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against the respondents.


Summaries of

Finocchiaro v. AVR Realty Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Sep 12, 2006
32 A.D.3d 819 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
Case details for

Finocchiaro v. AVR Realty Corp.

Case Details

Full title:ANN MARIE FINOCCHIARO et al., Appellants, v. AVR REALTY CORP. et al…

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

Date published: Sep 12, 2006

Citations

32 A.D.3d 819 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
2006 N.Y. Slip Op. 6388
820 N.Y.S.2d 520

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