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ALTHOUGH THE TOWN DEMONSTRATED THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS DID NOT HAVE NOTICE OF THE ALLEGED SIDEWALK DEFECT IN THIS SLIP AND FALL CASE, IT DID NOT DEMONSTRATE THE TOWN CLERK’S RECORDS WERE SEARCHED; TOWN’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT PROPERLY DENIED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined the town did not demonstrate that it did not receive written notice of the alleged sidewalk defect in this slip and fall case. The town’s motion for summary judgment was therefore properly denied:

In support of its motion for summary judgment, the Town submitted the deposition testimony of a project supervisor for the Town’s Department of Public Works, who testified that he directed an administrative aide to perform a record search of “the Town’s complaint database.” The Town also submitted an affidavit from the administrative aide for the Department of Public Works who conducted the search. The administrative aide stated that her duties included “searching the official records of the Department of Public Works” to determine “whether the Department of Public Works ha[d] been provided with any prior written notice” of any defects in the area where the incident occurred. The administrative aide stated that her search revealed that “the Town was not in receipt of any written notice or written complaints.”

While this evidence established, prima facie, that the Town’s Department of Public Works did not have prior written notice of the alleged defect in the sidewalk, neither the deposition testimony nor the affidavit state specifically that the Town Clerk’s records were searched for prior written notice of the alleged defect … . The Town’s failure to provide specific evidence that the records of both the Department of Public Works and the Town Clerk were searched for prior written notice constitutes a failure to demonstrate its prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law. Otto v Miller, 2019 NY Slip Op 08417, Second Dept 11-20-19

 

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