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Weiss v. Village of Briarcliff Manor

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 27, 1997
239 A.D.2d 571 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

Opinion

May 27, 1997

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Rudolph, J.).


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

On September 6, 1994, the plaintiff Jewel Weiss was struck by a vehicle as she walked along the side of Pleasantville Road, on the paved road surface, in the Village of Briarcliff Manor. It is well settled that "[i]n order to establish a prima facie case of negligence, a plaintiff must first demonstrate the existence of a duty owed by the defendant to the plaintiff" (Schulman v. City of New York, 190 A.D.2d 663). Under the facts of this case, the plaintiff has failed to demonstrate any duty owed to her by the defendant County of Westchester, which did not own the roadway where the accident took place (see generally, Estate of Konstantatos v. County of Suffolt, 208 A.D.2d 889). Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly granted the motion of the defendant County of Westchester for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against it.

The plaintiffs' remaining contentions are without merit.

Bracken, J.P., Copertino, Pizzuto and Santucci JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Weiss v. Village of Briarcliff Manor

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 27, 1997
239 A.D.2d 571 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
Case details for

Weiss v. Village of Briarcliff Manor

Case Details

Full title:JEWEL WEISS et al., Appellants, v. VILLAGE OF BRIARCLIFF MANOR et al.…

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

Date published: May 27, 1997

Citations

239 A.D.2d 571 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
658 N.Y.S.2d 969