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FACT THAT PLAINTIFF SLIPPED AND FELL ON A MARBLE FLOOR DID NOT ESTABLISH THE CAUSE OF THE FALL, COMPLAINT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISMISSED.

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the slip and fall case should have been dismissed. Although plaintiff alleged she slipped on a marble floor, she did not know the cause of her fall:

The defendants established their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by submitting evidence, including a transcript of the plaintiff’s deposition testimony, which demonstrated that the plaintiff was unable to identify the cause of her fall … . Scimone v LT Propco, LLC, 2016 NY Slip Op 05915, 2nd Dept 8-31-16

 

NEGLIGENCE (FACT THAT PLAINTIFF SLIPPED AND FELL ON A MARBLE FLOOR DID NOT ESTABLISH THE CAUSE OF THE FALL, COMPLAINT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISMISSED)/SLIP AND FALL (FACT THAT PLAINTIFF SLIPPED AND FELL ON A MARBLE FLOOR DID NOT ESTABLISH THE CAUSE OF THE FALL, COMPLAINT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISMISSED)

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