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PLAINTIFF SLIPPED AND FELL ON TRACKED-IN-RAIN DURING AN ONGOING STORM; DEFENDANT HAD PLACED MATS NEAR THE DOOR AND ELSEWHERE; DEFENDANT’S SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the defendant (Open Kitchen) in this tracked-in-rain slip and fall case was entitled to summary judgment. Open Kitchen demonstrated plaintiff slipped and fell during an ongoing rain storm and it had placed mats near the door and elsewhere:

… [T]here is no evidence that Open Kitchen either created the wet condition in the entryway or had notice of a hazard that could have been prevented by the exercise of reasonable care … . Open Kitchen satisfied its duty by employing reasonable remedial measures to address the ongoing rainstorm by laying mats in front of the entrance doors and elsewhere throughout the premises … . There was no active notice in the form of prior complaints received … . Nor did the undisputed fact that it was raining at the time of plaintiff’s accident, causing water to be tracked into the premises, constitute constructive notice of a dangerous situation requiring Open Kitchen to cover the entire floor with mats or continuously mop the floor … . Moreover, plaintiff testified that that he only noticed water on the floor after his fall, and thus it cannot be inferred that Open Kitchen had constructive notice of “a hazard sufficiently visible as to permit discovery and remedy” … . Betancourt v ARC NYC123 William, LLC, 2024 NY Slip Op 05628, Third Dept 11-14-24

Practice Point: Here a slip and fall on tracked-in-rain during an ongoing storm was not actionable. Defendant had placed mats near the door and elsewhere and was deemed not have had constructive notice of a dangerous condition.​

 

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