Correnti v. Chinchilla

• Decision Date: 23 September 2015
• Docket Number: 2014-11834, Index No. 102567/12.
• Citation: 131 A.D.3d 1095,16 N.Y.S.3d 756 (Mem),2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 06878
• Parties: Annmarie CORRENTI, appellant, v. Barbara CHINCHILLA, respondent.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

131 A.D.3d 1095

16 N.Y.S.3d 756 (Mem)

2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 06878

Annmarie CORRENTI, appellant

v.Barbara CHINCHILLA, respondent.

2014-11834, Index No. 102567/12.

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

Sept. 23, 2015.

Krentsel & Guzman, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Steven E. Krentsel and Julie T. Mark of counsel), for appellant.

Reardon & Sclafani, P.C., Tarrytown, N.Y. (Michael V. Sclafani and Vincent M. Sclafani of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Troia, J.), dated October 3, 2014, which granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The complaint alleges that the plaintiff was injured when she slipped on a sloped, grassy area on the defendant's property. The defendant subsequently moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. The defendant established her prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by demonstrating that the subject condition was open and obvious and not inherently dangerous (see Zegarelli v. Dundon, 102 A.D.3d 958, 958 N.Y.S.2d 302 ; Bonilla v. Starrett City at Spring Cr., 270 A.D.2d 377, 704 N.Y.S.2d 619 ). In opposition, the plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact (see Winegrad v. New York Univ. Med. Ctr., 64 N.Y.2d 851, 853, 487 N.Y.S.2d 316, 476 N.E.2d 642 ). The affidavit from the plaintiff's expert assumed facts not supported by the record (see Mendez v. City of New York, 295 A.D.2d 487, 744 N.Y.S.2d 847 ). Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

MASTRO, J.P., BALKIN, CHAMBERS and MALTESE, JJ., concur.