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MANNER IN WHICH DECORATIONS WERE STACKED IN A STORE DID NOT PRESENT A FORESEEABLE RISK, RES IPSA LOQUITUR DOCTRINE DID NOT APPLY (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department determined defendant store’s motion for summary judgment in this slip and fall case was properly granted because the manner in which Christmas decorations were stacked did not present a foreseeable risk. Plaintiff was taking down a Christmas decoration when things started to fall from the shelf:

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Plaintiff testified that while taking down garland, she felt a snag on the garland and, when she turned back and saw that the garland was attached to a loop of garland above it, she saw — through her peripheral vision — “stuff” starting to fall and, when she started to move her feet, she fell. Plaintiff further testified that she did not trip over anything and was not struck by anything before she fell, nor did she strike anything on the way down as she fell. In opposition to defendant’s motion, plaintiff submitted defendant’s Holiday Sales Planner and Stocking Procedural Manual. Plaintiff also submitted an affidavit of plaintiff’s expert witness — a retail sales merchandising specialist, consultant and planner — who attested to the proper, correct and safe way to install, stock and display consumer products and merchandise for sale to the public in retail stores. However, such testimony failed to demonstrate how the location and stocking of the garland presented a foreseeable risk. Therefore, plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact that plaintiff’s injury was reasonably foreseeable … . Supreme Court properly found that there was “nothing about the nature of packages of garland falling from above that would lead a reasonable person to foresee said garland knocking a person to the ground and/or breaking a person’s wrist.” Supreme Court also correctly found that the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur did not apply. “The doctrine cannot be used where, as here, the defendant against whom the doctrine is asserted owes no duty in connection with the mechanism that caused the injury” … . Parke v Dollar Tree, Inc.2017 NY Slip Op 08427, Third Dept 11-30-17

 

NEGLIGENCE (FORESEEABILITY, MANNER IN WHICH DECORATIONS WERE STACKED IN A STORE DID NOT PRESENT A FORESEEABLE RISK, RES IPSA LOQUITUR DOCTRINE DID NOT APPLY (THIRD DEPT))/FORESEEABILITY (NEGLIGENCE, MANNER IN WHICH DECORATIONS WERE STACKED IN A STORE DID NOT PRESENT A FORESEEABLE RISK, RES IPSA LOQUITUR DOCTRINE DID NOT APPLY (THIRD DEPT))/SLIP AND FALL (FORESEEABILITY, MANNER IN WHICH DECORATIONS WERE STACKED IN A STORE DID NOT PRESENT A FORESEEABLE RISK, RES IPSA LOQUITUR DOCTRINE DID NOT APPLY (THIRD DEPT))/RES IPSA LOQUITUR (SLIP AND FALL, MANNER IN WHICH DECORATIONS WERE STACKED IN A STORE DID NOT PRESENT A FORESEEABLE RISK, RES IPSA LOQUITUR DOCTRINE DID NOT APPLY (THIRD DEPT))

November 30, 2017/by CurlyHost
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