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Liebman v. Heiss

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 16, 1998
256 A.D.2d 449 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

Opinion

December 16, 1998

Appeal from the order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Franco, J.).


Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with one bill of costs, the motion is granted, the complaint and all cross claims are dismissed insofar as asserted against the appellant, and the action against the remaining defendants is severed.

The operator of a private passenger vehicle owes to his passengers a duty of reasonable care when providing a safe place to alight ( see, Irwin v. Mucha, 154 A.D.2d 895, 896; Ross v. Ching, 146 A.D.2d 55, 58). The appellant met his burden of establishing that he did not breach that duty when he dropped the plaintiff off at a parking lot near her car. There is no evidence in the record to establish that the parking lot was an unsafe place for the plaintiff to alight ( see, Mignery v. Gabriel, 2 A.D.2d 218).

Contrary to the Supreme Court's finding, the plaintiff's opposition was insufficient to raise a genuine issue of material fact that the appellant, an operator of a private passenger vehicle, failed to notice, or should have noticed, with the exercise of reasonable care, the icy condition of the parking lot where the plaintiff exited his car ( see, Zuckerman v. City of New York, 49 N.Y.2d 557; Ross v. Ching, supra).

Rosenblatt, J. P., Santucci, Friedmann and McGinity, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Liebman v. Heiss

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 16, 1998
256 A.D.2d 449 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
Case details for

Liebman v. Heiss

Case Details

Full title:GEORGIANNA LIEBMAN, Respondent, v. JOHN HEISS, Appellant, CENTRAL VALLEY…

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

Date published: Dec 16, 1998

Citations

256 A.D.2d 449 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
682 N.Y.S.2d 82

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