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PLAINTIFF TESTIFIED SHE DID NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED HER SLIP AND FALL BUT STATED IN HER AFFIDAVIT IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHE SLIPPED ON ICE; THE AFFIDAVIT CREATED A FEIGNED ISSUE OF FACT; DEFENDANT’S MOTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined plaintiff created only a feigned issue of fact in response to defendant’s motion for summary judgment in this slip and fall case:

In this action in which plaintiff sustained injuries when she slipped and fell on the sidewalk owned by defendant, her affidavit that she slipped on ice on the sidewalk contradicted her earlier deposition testimony that she did not know what she slipped on, and thus created only a feigned issue of fact, which was insufficient to defeat defendant’s motion … .

Plaintiff’s decision to walk on the outside of a shoveled path in front of the building that had been cleared of snow and ice was the sole proximate cause of her accident … . Polanco v Durgaj, 2022 NY Slip Op 01258, First Dept 2-24-22

 

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