MICHAEL TREGLIA PLAINTIFF RESPONDENT v. COLGATE UNIVERSITY DEFENDANT APPELLANT (2010)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed with costs.

Memorandum:  Plaintiff commenced this action seeking damages for injuries he sustained when he struck his head on an open window grate at defendant's gymnasium.   Supreme Court properly denied defendant's motion seeking summary judgment dismissing the complaint.   Even assuming, arguendo, that defendant met its initial burden on the motion, we conclude that plaintiff's submissions in opposition to the motion raise a triable issue of fact whether defendant had constructive notice of the allegedly defective condition of the window grate (see Champagne v. Peck, 59 AD3d 1130;  George v. New York City Tr. Auth., 41 AD3d 143;  Alexander v. New York City Tr., 34 AD3d 312, 313-314).   We reject the contention of defendant that it is entitled to judgment as a matter of law on the issue of proximate cause inasmuch as defendant failed to demonstrate that plaintiff's injury was not the result of the allegedly defective condition of the window grate (see Powers v St. Bernadette's R.C. Church, 309 A.D.2d 1219).

Patricia L. Morgan

Clerk of the Court