WODOWSKI v. WEGMANS FOOD MARKETS INC (1999)

Plaintiffs commenced this action seeking damages for injuries sustained by William A. Wodowski, Jr. (plaintiff) when he allegedly slipped and fell on a grape in defendant's store.   Supreme Court properly granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that defendant had no actual or constructive notice of the allegedly dangerous condition.   Defendant met its initial burden (see, Van Winkle v. Price Chopper Operating Co., 239 A.D.2d 692, 693, 657 N.Y.S.2d 236;  cf., Gebo v. Jefferson Lewis Bd. of Coop. Educ. Servs., 248 A.D.2d 1025, 670 N.Y.S.2d 642), and plaintiffs failed to raise an issue of fact.   Contrary to plaintiffs' contention, neither the accident schedule from defendant's store nor defendant's general awareness that produce might occasionally fall to the floor is sufficient to constitute constructive notice of a recurrent dangerous condition (see, Van Winkle v Price Chopper Operating Co., supra, at 693, 657 N.Y.S.2d 236;  Snyder v. Golub Corp., 199 A.D.2d 776, 776-777, 605 N.Y.S.2d 166, lv. denied 83 N.Y.2d 754, 612 N.Y.S.2d 108, 634 N.E.2d 604).

Order unanimously affirmed without costs.

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