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EVIDENCE SUBMITTED WITH REPLY PAPERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED, NEGLIGENT MAINTENANCE CAUSE OF ACTION PROPERLY SURVIVED SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN THIS PLAYGROUND INJURY CASE (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined Supreme Court should have considered evidence submitted by the defendant in its reply papers and further determined that the negligent maintenance cause of action properly survived summary judgment in this playground injury case. Infant plaintiff was injured when she fell from playground equipment during recess. The negligent supervision cause of action was dismissed. But there was evidence the area beneath the playground equipment was dangerous:

… [W]e disagree with the Supreme Court’s decision to not consider the evidence submitted by the defendant in its reply papers. “The function of reply papers is to address arguments made in opposition to the position taken by the movant, not to introduce new arguments or new grounds for the requested relief” … . The evidence submitted by the defendant in its reply papers addressed arguments made by the plaintiff and the plaintiff’s expert in opposition to its motion. Thus, the court should have considered the evidence. …

The defendant also established its prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law dismissing so much of the complaint as alleged negligent maintenance of its premises by submitting evidence which demonstrated that it adequately maintained the playground, and that it did not create an unsafe or defective condition … . In opposition, however, the plaintiff raised a triable issue of fact by the submission of her expert’s affidavit which opined, in part, that the ground cover beneath the apparatus from which the plaintiff fell was inherently dangerous as installed and/or maintained, because it did not meet standards established by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (see General Business Law § 399-dd). Boland v North Bellmore Union Free Sch. Dist., 2019 NY Slip Op 00849, Second Dept 2-6-19

 

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