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QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER TOWN CREATED THE DANGEROUS CONDITION IN THIS TRIP AND FALL CASE, PRE-DISCOVERY SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF DEFENDANT TOWN PREMATURE.

The Third Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the pre-discovery granting of the defendant-town's motion for summary judgment in this trip and fall case was premature. Although the town proved it did not have written notice of the defect, the plaintiffs raised a question of fact whether the town created the dangerous condition, thereby eliminating the written notice requirement:

In opposition to defendant's motion, plaintiffs provided an affidavit from … Debra Rodriguez. According to Rodriguez, … she heard a “loud bang while one of the [d]efendant's snowplows was clearing the roadway in front of [her] house.” Then, “[a]fter the snow melted, [she] saw that the end of the culvert pipe was mangled, bent upwards and protruding above the surrounding surfaces . . . [and] [she] believe[s] that this dangerous condition was created by [defendant's] snowplow.” * * *

“[A] summary judgment motion is properly denied as premature when the nonmoving party has not been given reasonable time and opportunity to conduct disclosure relative to pertinent evidence that is within the exclusive knowledge of the movant” … . We find that the Rodriguez affidavit is sufficient to demonstrate that discovery is required and, therefore, defendant's motion should have been denied as premature. Greener v Town of Hurley, 2016 NY Slip Op 04291, 3rd Dept 6-2-16

NEGLIGENCE (QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER TOWN CREATED THE DANGEROUS CONDITION IN THIS TRIP AND FALL CASE, PRE-DISCOVERY SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF DEFENDANT TOWN PREMATURE)/MUNICIPAL LAW (QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER TOWN CREATED THE DANGEROUS CONDITION IN THIS TRIP AND FALL CASE, PRE-DISCOVERY SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF DEFENDANT TOWN PREMATURE)/SLIP AND FALL (QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER TOWN CREATED THE DANGEROUS CONDITION IN THIS TRIP AND FALL CASE, PRE-DISCOVERY SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF DEFENDANT TOWN PREMATURE)/CIVIL PROCEDURE (QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER TOWN CREATED THE DANGEROUS CONDITION IN THIS TRIP AND FALL CASE, PRE-DISCOVERY SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF DEFENDANT TOWN PREMATURE)

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