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Gallais-Pradal v. YWCA of Brooklyn

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 10, 2006
33 A.D.3d 660 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)

Opinion

No. 2005-05411.

October 10, 2006.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Harkavy, J.), dated May 2, 2005, which granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and denied her cross motion for sanctions against the defendant for spoliation of evidence.

Before: Schmidt, J.P., Santucci, Skelos and Covello, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff allegedly slipped and fell on a puddle of water in the women's locker room of the defendant's premises. The defendant met its initial burden of making a prima facie showing that it did not create or have actual or constructive notice of the alleged defect ( see Marino v Stop Shop Supermarket Co., 21 AD3d 531, 532; Galietta v New York Sports Club, 4 AD3d 449; Stumacher v Waldbaum, Inc., 274 AD2d 572; Goldman v Waldbaum, Inc., 248 AD2d 436). In opposition, the plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact. Contrary to the plaintiffs contention, the defendant's general awareness that the locker room floor where the plaintiff fell, which was in close proximity to the showers and a swimming pool, sometimes became wet, was insufficient to provide notice of the specific wet condition which caused the plaintiff to fall ( see Berzon v D'Agostino Supermarkets, Inc., 15 AD3d 600; Gloria v MGM Emerald Enters., 298 AD2d 355, 356; Kraemer v K-Mart Corp., 226 AD2d 590, 591).

The plaintiff's remaining contentions are without merit.


Summaries of

Gallais-Pradal v. YWCA of Brooklyn

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 10, 2006
33 A.D.3d 660 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
Case details for

Gallais-Pradal v. YWCA of Brooklyn

Case Details

Full title:TINA LAI GALLAIS-PRADAL, Appellant, v. YWCA OF BROOKLYN, Respondent

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Oct 10, 2006

Citations

33 A.D.3d 660 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
2006 N.Y. Slip Op. 7320
822 N.Y.S.2d 314

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