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PLAINTIFFS’ ALLEGATION THAT THE WATER MAIN ON DEFENDANTS’ NEIGHBORING PROPERTY BROKE CAUSING WATER TO ENTER PLAINTIFFS’ BASEMENT STATED A NEGLIGENCE CAUSE OF ACTION UNDER THE RES-IPSA-LOQUITUR THEORY (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined the allegation that defendants’ water main broke causing water to enter plaintiffs’ basement supported a negligence action based on the res-ipsa-loquitur theory. The trespass and private nuisance causes of action should have been dismissed because there was no evidence of defendants’ intentional conduct:

… [D]efendants failed to establish their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law on so much of the cause of action alleging negligence as was based on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur. “For the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur to apply, a plaintiff must establish three conditions: ‘[f]irst, the event must be of a kind that ordinarily does not occur in the absence of someone’s negligence; second, it must be caused by an agency or instrumentality within the exclusive control of the defendant; and third, it must not have been due to any voluntary action or contribution on the part of the plaintiff'” … . “The doctrine has been applied to water main breaks and this type of event has frequently been cited as a typical example of a case where the doctrine is commonly applicable” … . … Because the defendants did not establish their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law on so much of the cause of action alleging negligence as was based on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur, the burden did not shift to the plaintiffs to raise a triable issue of fact in that regard … . Huang v Fort Greene Partnership Homes Condominium, 2024 NY Slip Op 03471, Second Dept 6-26-24

Practice Point: A water main break on defendant’s property causing water to enter the neighboring plaintiff’s basement states a negligence cause of action under the res-ipsa-loquitur theory.

 

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