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FAILURE TO DEMONSTRATE WHEN AREA WAS LAST CLEANED OR INSPECTED REQUIRED DENIAL OF DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN SLIP AND FALL CASE.

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined summary judgment should not have been granted to defendants in a slip and fall case. The plaintiff alleged she slipped on a patch of oil in a parking lot. The defendants failed to demonstrate when the area had last been inspected or cleaned:

To meet its burden on the issue of lack of constructive notice, a defendant is required to offer some evidence as to when the accident site was last cleaned or inspected prior to the accident … . “Mere reference to general cleaning practices, with no evidence regarding any specific cleaning or inspection of the area in question, is insufficient to establish a lack of constructive notice” … .

In support of their motion, the defendants failed to demonstrate, prima facie, a lack of constructive notice of the allegedly hazardous condition that caused the subject accident, as they failed to submit any evidence as to when, prior to the accident, the area of the parking lot where the alleged slip and fall occurred, was last inspected or cleaned relative to the accident … . Bruni v Macy’s Corporate Servs., Inc., 2015 NY Slip Op 09238, 2nd Dept 12-16-15

NEGLIGENCE (SLIP AND FALL, FAILURE TO DEMONSTRATE WHEN AREA LAST CLEANED OR INSPECTED)/SLIP AND FALL (FAILURE TO DEMONSTRATE WHEN AREA LAST CLEANED OR INSPECTED)

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