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Town Failed to Demonstrate It Did Not Create Dangerous Condition—Summary Judgment in Favor of Town Denied—Exception to Written Notice Requirement​

The Second Department determined, in a slip and fall case, the town did not demonstrate (in support of its motion for summary judgment) that it did not create the alleged dangerous condition (an allegedly inadequate cover on a catch basin):

If one of the recognized exceptions applies, written notice [of a defect] is not required…. Here, the plaintiff clearly alleged in her pleadings that the Town’s construction of the catch basin was faulty in that an inadequate cover was installed on the catch basin. Consequently, the Town was required to address that issue satisfactorily as part of its initial burden on its motion for summary judgment…. The Town failed to establish, prima facie, that it had not created the dangerous condition by placement of an inadequate cover on the catch basin; in this respect, a defendant does not establish its entitlement to summary judgment merely by pointing out gaps in the plaintiff’s case …. In the absence of the required showing, the Town’s motion was properly denied, without regard to the sufficiency of the plaintiffs’ papers submitted in opposition….  Giaquinto v Town of Hempstead, 2013 NY Slip Op 03814, 2nd Dept, 5-29-13

 

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