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DEFECT WHICH CAUSED CLAIMANT TO SLIP AND FALL WAS NOT TRIVIAL AS A MATTER OF LAW, QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER DEFENDANT HAD ACTUAL AND CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE OF THE DEFECT, DEFENDANT’S SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing the Court of Claims, determined that the defect which caused the claimant’s slip and fall was not trivial as a matter of law and there were questions of fact about the defendant’s constructive and actual notice of the defect. Claimant is incarcerated and the slip and fall occurred in a walkway at a correctional facility:​

In claimant’s deposition testimony, which defendant submitted in support of the motion, claimant testified that he was proceeding along a walkway from the housing area to the commissary. It had rained, and a large puddle of water had accumulated on the walkway. Claimant attempted to step over the flooded portion of the walkway, but his foot came down on a portion of the walkway that was cracked and damaged. The concrete shifted under his foot, causing him to lose his balance, and he fell. …​

We also agree with claimant that defendant failed to meet its burden of establishing that it lacked actual or constructive notice of the allegedly dangerous condition … . In support of the motion, defendant submitted the affidavit of a correction officer who had worked at the prison for the prior 27 years. The correction officer averred that he was familiar with the walkway and its condition before claimant fell, that the concrete was broken and uneven, and that water can gather there after it rains, but he did not consider the condition to be dangerous. Furthermore, the correction officer averred that he periodically walked the premises to look for anything in need of repair, and claimant testified at his deposition that the walkway was cracked prior to his arrival at the prison and that it flooded every time it rained. Bennett v State of New York, 2018 NY Slip Op 04212, Fourth Dept 6-8-18

NEGLIGENCE (SLIP AND FALL, DEFECT WHICH CAUSED CLAIMANT TO SLIP AND FALL WAS NOT TRIVIAL AS A MATTER OF LAW, QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER DEFENDANT HAD ACTUAL AND CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE OF THE DEFECT, DEFENDANT’S SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED (FOURTH DEPT))/SLIP AND FALL (DEFECT WHICH CAUSED CLAIMANT TO SLIP AND FALL WAS NOT TRIVIAL AS A MATTER OF LAW, QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER DEFENDANT HAD ACTUAL AND CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE OF THE DEFECT, DEFENDANT’S SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED (FOURTH DEPT))/TRIVIAL DEFECT (SLIP AND FALL,  DEFECT WHICH CAUSED CLAIMANT TO SLIP AND FALL WAS NOT TRIVIAL AS A MATTER OF LAW, QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER DEFENDANT HAD ACTUAL AND CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE OF THE DEFECT, DEFENDANT’S SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED (FOURTH DEPT))​

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