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TOWN DID NOT DEMONSTRATE IT DID NOT RECEIVE WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE ALLEGED SIDEWALK DEFECT IN THIS SLIP AND FALL CASE; THE TOWN’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined that the town’s motion for summary judgment in this sidewalk slip and fall case should not have been granted because the town did not demonstrate it had not received written notice of the defect. The Second Department noted that Supreme Court properly rejected plaintiff’s theory that inadequate lighting was a factor because that theory was not in the notice of claim and permission to amend the notice of claim was not sought by the plaintiff:

To prevail on its motion, it was the Town’s burden to establish, prima facie, that no prior written notice of the alleged condition was given to either the Town Clerk or Town Commissioner of Highways (see Code of the Town of Hempstead § 6-3; Town Law § 65-a[2]). In support of its motion for summary judgment, the Town submitted, inter alia, the affidavit of a records access officer for the Town’s Highway Department, wherein she specifically averred that she searched the Highway Department records, but did not state that she searched the Town Clerk’s records. Thus, the Town failed to establish, prima facie, that neither the Town Clerk nor the Commissioner of Highways received prior written notice of the alleged condition … . Weinstein v County of Nassau, 2020 NY Slip Op 00890, Second Dept 2-5-20

 

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