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PLAINTIFF TRIPPED AND FELL ON AN UNEVEN MAT WHEN SHE STEPPED OFF THE DEFENDANT’S SKATING RINK; THE ACTION AGAINST THE COMPANY WHICH SOLD AND INSTALLED THE MAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISMISSED; THERE WAS NO CONTRACT BETWEEN THE OWNER OF THE SKATING RINK AND THE SELLER/INSTALLER OF THE MAT AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THE SELLER/INSTALLER OF THE MAT LAUNCHED AN INSTRUMENT OF HARM (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined that the action against the company “Classic” which sold and installed a mat used on an entrance ramp for a skating rink should have been dismissed. Plaintiff alleged the mat was uneven with lumpy ice build-ups which caused her to fall after she stepped off the skating rink. Classic had no contractual relationship with the owner of the skating rink, WRO, and  there was no evidence Classic “launched an instrument of harm:”

The record shows that WRO purchased the ramp matting from Classic and that Classic installed the matting. Classic owed no duty to plaintiff, and there was no contract between WRO and Classic. Thus, contrary to plaintiff’s argument, Classic has no tort liability based upon Espinal v Melville Snow Contrs. (98 NY2d 136 [2002]), where under certain circumstances, a duty of care to noncontracting third parties may arise out of a contractual obligation. In any event, even if there had been a contractual relationship between WRO and Classic, the record does not raise any triable issue as to whether Classic “launche[d] a force or instrument of harm” … . Samuelsen v Wollman Rink Operations LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 00149, First Dept 1-11-22

 

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