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Karras v. County of Westchester [2d Dept 2000

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 8, 2000
272 A.D.2d 377 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

Argued March 21, 2000.

May 8, 2000.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (DiBlasi, J.), entered June 3, 1999, which granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Jerold C. Rotbard, White Plains, N.Y., for appellant.

Alan D. Scheinkman, County Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Stacey Dolgin-Kmetz and Deborah A. Porder of counsel), for respondent.

DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., DANIEL W. JOY, SONDRA MILLER, HOWARD MILLER, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is denied, and the complaint is reinstated.

The plaintiff allegedly slipped and fell on an accumulation of melted ice and snow as she attempted to enter the Westchester County Courthouse through a door adjacent to a revolving door. She commenced this action against the defendant asserting that her injuries resulted from the defendant's negligence, and the defendant moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. The defendant argued, inter alia, that it lacked actual or constructive notice of the alleged dangerous condition. In the order appealed from, the Supreme Court granted the motion. We reverse.

In support of its motion for summary judgment, the defendant failed to establish prima facie that it lacked actual or constructive notice of the alleged dangerous condition (see, Dwoskin v. Burger King Corp., 249 A.D.2d 358). Accordingly, its motion should have been denied regardless of the sufficiency of the plaintiff's opposing papers (see, Winegrad v. New York Univ. Med. Center, 64 N.Y.2d 851).

The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit.

RITTER, J.P., JOY, S. MILLER and H. MILLER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Karras v. County of Westchester [2d Dept 2000

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 8, 2000
272 A.D.2d 377 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

Karras v. County of Westchester [2d Dept 2000

Case Details

Full title:Mary Karras, appellant, v. County of Westchester, respondent

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

Date published: May 8, 2000

Citations

272 A.D.2d 377 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
707 N.Y.S.2d 910

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