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Plaintiff Unable to Identify Cause of Fall

In reversing Supreme Court, the Second Department determined a slip and fall action against defendant (Trump Village) should have been dismissed because the plaintiff could not identify the cause of her fall:

” [A] plaintiff’s inability to identify the cause of the fall is fatal to the cause of action because a finding that the defendant’s negligence, if any, proximately caused the plaintiff’s injuries would be based on speculation'” … . Although “[p]roximate cause may be established without direct evidence of causation, by inference from the circumstances of the accident, . . . mere speculation as to the cause of an accident, when there could have been many possible causes, is fatal to a cause of action” … . Where it is just as likely that some other factor, such as a misstep or a loss of balance, could have caused a trip and fall accident, any determination by the trier of fact as to causation would be based upon sheer speculation … . Ash v city of New York, 2013 NY Slip Op 05864, Second Dept 9-18-13

 

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