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Evidence of General Inspection Practices, As Opposed to the Specific Inspection and Cleaning Practices Re: Where the Plaintiff Slipped and Fell, Insufficient to Entitle Defendant to Summary Judgment

The Second Department affirmed the denial of defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a slip and fall case.  The plaintiff slipped on a wet floor in the ladies room.  The defendant submitted only general information about its inspection practices without any specifics about the inspection or cleaning of the area where plaintiff fell:

“A defendant who moves for summary judgment in a slip-and-fall or trip-and-fall case has the initial burden of making a prima facie showing that it did not create the hazardous condition which allegedly caused the fall, and did not have actual or constructive notice of that condition for a sufficient length of time to discover and remedy it” … . “In order to meet its burden on the issue of lack of constructive notice, the defendant must offer some evidence as to when the accident site was last cleaned or inspected prior to the plaintiff’s fall” … . “A movant cannot satisfy its initial burden merely by pointing to gaps in the plaintiff’s case” … . Moreover, a defendant’s reference to general inspection practices, without evidence as to when the area at issue was inspected relative to the plaintiff’s slip-and-fall, will not suffice to establish the lack of constructive notice of the existence of a dangerous condition … .

Here, the Supreme Court properly denied the defendant’s motion for summary judgment, since the defendant failed to submit any evidence regarding particularized or specific inspections or cleaning procedures that were utilized in the subject area relative to the time of the plaintiff’s accident … . Fernandez v Festival Fun Parks LLC, 2014 NY Slip Op 07978, 2nd Dept 11-19-14

 

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