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PLAINTIFF DID NOT ALLEGE OR DEMONSTRATE IN THE OPPOSING PAPERS THAT ANY OF THE ESPINAL EXCEPTIONS APPLIED TO DEFENDANT SNOW-REMOVAL CONTRACTOR IN THIS SLIP AND FALL CASE, DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the snow-removal contractor's (Critics Choice's) motion for summary judgment in this slip and fall case should have been granted. Because plaintiff did not allege a violation of any of the Espinal factors, Critics Choice's demonstration that plaintiff was not a party to the snow removal contract was sufficient to warrant summary judgment. In opposition, plaintiff did not raise a question of fact about any of the Espinal exceptions:

“A limited contractual undertaking to provide snow removal services generally does not render the contractor liable in tort for the personal injuries of third parties”… . Nevertheless, “[a] contractor may be held liable for injuries to a third party where, in undertaking to render services, the contractor entirely displaces the duty of the property owner to maintain the premises in a safe condition, the injured party relies on the contractor's continued performance under the agreement, or the contractor negligently creates or exacerbates a dangerous condition”… .

The Critics Choice defendants established their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by demonstrating that the plaintiff was not a party to any snow removal contract … , and thus, they owed no duty of care to the plaintiff … . Since the plaintiff did not allege facts in his amended complaint or bill of particulars that would establish the possible applicability of any of the Espinal exceptions, the Critics Choice defendants, in establishing their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law, were not required to affirmatively demonstrate that these exceptions did not apply … . …

The plaintiff's conclusory contention that the Critics Choice defendants launched a force or instrument of harm by creating or exacerbating the icy condition that allegedly caused him to fall was insufficient to raise a triable issue of fact … . Laronga v Atlas-Suffolk Corp., 2018 NY Slip Op 05924, Second Dept 8-29-18

NEGLIGENCE (CONTRACT LAW, PLAINTIFF DID NOT ALLEGE OR DEMONSTRATE IN THE OPPOSING PAPERS THAT ANY OF THE ESPINAL EXCEPTIONS APPLIED TO DEFENDANT SNOW-REMOVAL CONTRACTOR IN THIS SLIP AND FALL CASE, DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (SECOND DEPT))/CONTRACT LAW (NEGLIGENCE,  PLAINTIFF DID NOT ALLEGE OR DEMONSTRATE IN THE OPPOSING PAPERS THAT ANY OF THE ESPINAL EXCEPTIONS APPLIED TO DEFENDANT SNOW-REMOVAL CONTRACTOR IN THIS SLIP AND FALL CASE, DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (SECOND DEPT))/ESPINAL EXCEPTIONS (SNOW-REMOVAL CONTRACTOR, ONTRACT LAW, PLAINTIFF DID NOT ALLEGE OR DEMONSTRATE IN THE OPPOSING PAPERS THAT ANY OF THE ESPINAL EXCEPTIONS APPLIED TO DEFENDANT SNOW-REMOVAL CONTRACTOR IN THIS SLIP AND FALL CASE, DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (SECOND DEPT))

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