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Rodriguez v. Notre Dame Academy

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jul 24, 2000
274 A.D.2d 509 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

Submitted May 31, 2000

July 24, 2000.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Mastro, J.), dated September 8, 1999, which granted the separate motions of the defendant and third-party defendant for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Bosco, Bisignano Mascolo, Staten Island, N.Y. (James Maleady of counsel), for appellants.

Mendes Mount, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Kevin J. Philbin of counsel), for defendant third-party plaintiff-respondent.

Squires, Cordrey Noble, New York, N.Y. (Stephen M. Krudsen of counsel), for third-party defendant-respondent.

Before: LAWRENCE J. BRACKEN, J.P., DANIEL W. JOY, WILLIAM C. THOMPSON, GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with one bill of costs.

It is well settled that in order to impose liability on an owner of real property when a plaintiff slips and falls on a patch of ice, a plaintiff must demonstrate either that the owner created the dangerous condition or had actual or constructive notice of its existence (see, Gordon v. American Museum of Natural History, 67 N.Y.2d 836; Marasia v. Noyl Coram, Inc., 260 A.D.2d 607; Davis v. City of New York, 255 A.D.2d 35 6; Sellet v. United Artists Theaters, 251 A.D.2d 488). Here, there was nothing in the record to indicate that the defendant had actual or constructive notice of the existence of the ice on which the plaintiff slipped and fell or that the defendant had created the icy condition. Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly granted the motions for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and third-party complaint (see, Kimmel v. Ground Round, 272 A.D.2d 449 [2d Dept., May 15, 2000]).


Summaries of

Rodriguez v. Notre Dame Academy

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jul 24, 2000
274 A.D.2d 509 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

Rodriguez v. Notre Dame Academy

Case Details

Full title:GUISELLA RODRIGUEZ, ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. NOTRE DAME ACADEMY OF STATEN…

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

Date published: Jul 24, 2000

Citations

274 A.D.2d 509 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
712 N.Y.S.2d 371