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ALTHOUGH PLAINTIFF INDICATED SHE DID NOT KNOW THE CAUSE OF HER FALL IN HER DEPOSITION, IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHE RAISED A QUESTION OF FACT ABOUT WHETHER THE FLOOR WAS WET FROM TRACKED IN SNOW AND DEFENDANT DID NOT PRESENT ANY EVIDENCE ON THE ISSUE OF NOTICE (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined that defendant’s motion for summary judgment should not have been granted in this slip and fall case. The defendant demonstrated that plaintiff did not know the cause of her fall. In her opposing affidavit plaintiff alleged she felt the back of her coat when she got up and it was wet. Plaintiff also presented evidence it was snowing at the time. The court noted Supreme Court had found that defendant did not have notice of the condition, but the defendant had not presented any evidence on that issue:

The defendant established its prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law through the deposition testimony of the plaintiff, which demonstrated that she was unable to identify the cause of her fall … . However, in opposition to the defendant’s prima facie showing on this ground, the plaintiff raised a triable issue of fact through her affidavit, in which she averred that when she stood up after falling, she put her hands on the back of her coat to straighten it and felt that the coat was wet. This, coupled with the fact that it had been snowing, led her to believe that she slipped on snow that had been tracked into the bank. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, which included climatological data establishing that it had been snowing that morning, and according her the benefit of all reasonable inferences … , we find that there are triable issues of fact as to whether a slippery condition was present where the plaintiff allegedly fell… .

We note that although the Supreme Court found that the defendant established that it did not have actual or constructive notice of the allegedly dangerous condition… , the defendant did not move for summary judgment on this ground and did not submit evidence that would eliminate issues of fact on the issue of notice. Matadin v Bank of Am. Corp., 2018 NY Slip Op 05297, Second Dept 7-18-18

NEGLIGENCE (SLIP AND FALL, ALTHOUGH PLAINTIFF INDICATED SHE DID NOT KNOW THE CAUSE OF HER FALL IN HER DEPOSITION, IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHE RAISED A QUESTION OF FACT ABOUT WHETHER THE FLOOR WAS WET FROM TRACKED IN SNOW AND DEFENDANT DID NOT PRESENT ANY EVIDENCE ON THE ISSUE OF NOTICE (SECOND DEPT))/SLIP AND FALL (ALTHOUGH PLAINTIFF INDICATED SHE DID NOT KNOW THE CAUSE OF HER FALL IN HER DEPOSITION, IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHE RAISED A QUESTION OF FACT ABOUT WHETHER THE FLOOR WAS WET FROM TRACKED IN SNOW AND DEFENDANT DID NOT PRESENT ANY EVIDENCE ON THE ISSUE OF NOTICE (SECOND DEPT))

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