SCHOEN v. TOPS MARKETS LLC (2018)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Plaintiff commenced this action seeking damages for injuries she allegedly sustained when she slipped and fell on “hair detangler” liquid that was spilled on the floor of defendant's store.  In her complaint, plaintiff alleges theories of negligence premised on actual notice, constructive notice, and creation of a dangerous condition.  Defendant moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, and Supreme Court denied the motion.  On appeal, defendant concedes that there are material issues of fact with respect to constructive notice, but contends that the court erred in denying those parts of its motion with respect to the theories of actual notice and creation of a dangerous condition.  We agree with defendant that it met its initial burden on the motion with respect to those theories, and that plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact with respect thereto (see generally Zuckerman v. City of New York, 49 N.Y.2d 557, 562, 427 N.Y.S.2d 595, 404 N.E.2d 718 [1980] ).  We therefore reverse the order insofar as appealed from and grant those parts of defendant's motion.

It is hereby ORDERED that the order insofar as appealed from is unanimously reversed on the law without costs, the motion is granted in part, and the complaint is dismissed to the extent that the complaint, as amplified by the bill of particulars, alleges that defendant had actual notice of or created the allegedly dangerous condition.

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