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RARE CASE WHERE EVIDENCE OF A ROUTINE PROCEDURE FOR KEEPING A PARKING LOT FREE OF ICE AND SNOW, COMBINED WITH PLAINTIFF’S TESTIMONY, SUPPORTED SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN DEFENDANTS’ FAVOR IN THIS SLIP AND FALL CASE (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department held that evidence of a routine procedure for keeping the parking lot free of ice and snow, together with the plaintiff’s testimony she did not see any ice on the parking lot when she arrived at work on the day of the fall, supported summary judgment in defendants’ favor in this slip and fall case:

The plaintiff testified that she worked at the premises five days a week, typically from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and that she either came to the premises by car pool or driving herself. The plaintiff indicated that she had not seen any runoff of melting snow or ice from snow piles in the parking lot to the area where she allegedly fell prior to or on the date of the accident. The plaintiff further testified that during the morning of January 20, 2011, she parked her car at the premises and did not notice any ice on the parking lot surface at that time. The plaintiff indicated that when she left work shortly after 6:00 p.m., she “look[ed] down at the ground” while walking to her car, and she did not see the ice on which she slipped, which she described as being clear, until after she fell. Further, Mauricio Pacheco, a maintenance worker for [defendant] RXR, testified that he checked the parking lot every morning, and if any ice was present, he would have salted the area. Pacheco indicated that if the temperature dropped below freezing or there was any precipitation later in the day, he would have again checked the parking lot for ice. Pacheco also testified that lighting for the parking lot turned on automatically at 6:00 p.m., and that he checked to make sure the lighting was working every morning. Zimmer v County of Suffolk, 2021 NY Slip Op 00331, Second Dept 1-20-21

 

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