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Wodowski v. Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. [4th Dept 1999

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Oct 1, 1999
696 N.Y.S.2d 334 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)

Opinion

October 1, 1999

Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Erie County, Burns, J. — Summary Judgment.

Order unanimously affirmed without costs.

PRESENT: GREEN, J. P., LAWTON, PIGOTT, JR., SCUDDER AND BALIO, JJ.


Memorandum:

Plaintiffs commenced this action seeking damages for injuries sustained by William A. Wodowski, Jr. (plaintiff) when he allegedly slipped and fell on a grape in defendant's store. Supreme Court properly granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that defendant had no actual or constructive notice of the allegedly dangerous condition. Defendant met its initial burden (see, Van Winkle v. Price Chopper Operating Co., 239 A.D.2d 692, 693; cf., Gebo v. Jefferson Lewis Bd. of Coop. Educ. Servs., 248 A.D.2d 1025), and plaintiffs failed to raise an issue of fact. Contrary to plaintiffs' contention, neither the accident schedule from defendant's store nor defendant's general awareness that produce might occasionally fall to the floor is sufficient to constitute constructive notice of a recurrent dangerous condition (see, Van Winkle v. Price Chopper Operating Co., supra, at 693; Snyder v. Golub Corp., 199 A.D.2d 776, 776-777, lv denied 83 N.Y.2d 754).


Summaries of

Wodowski v. Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. [4th Dept 1999

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Oct 1, 1999
696 N.Y.S.2d 334 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
Case details for

Wodowski v. Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. [4th Dept 1999

Case Details

Full title:WILLIAM A. WODOWSKI, JR., AND RUTH V. WODOWSKI, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v…

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

Date published: Oct 1, 1999

Citations

696 N.Y.S.2d 334 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)