PEYGUMBARI v. FOREST PLAZA ASSOCIATES (2006)

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Lewis, J.), dated November 12, 2004, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

ORDERED that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.

The plaintiff commenced this action to recover damages for personal injuries he allegedly sustained when he slipped on a patch of oil and fell while working on the roof of a building owned by the defendant.   In opposition to the defendant's prima facie demonstration of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law, the plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact that the defendant either created the patch of oil, or had actual or constructive notice of the condition and a reasonable time to correct it or warn of its existence (see Todd v. City of New York, 19 A.D.3d 587, 797 N.Y.S.2d 544;  Gwyn v. 575 Fifth Ave. Assoc., 12 A.D.3d 403, 404, 784 N.Y.S.2d 579).   Accordingly, the Supreme Court should have granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.