Hall v. Staples the Office Superstore E., Inc.
| Decision Date | 13 January 2016 |
| Citation | 135 A.D.3d 706,22 N.Y.S.3d 568 |
| Parties | Dorsia HALL, appellant, v. STAPLES the OFFICE SUPERSTORE EAST, INC., et al., respondents. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
135 A.D.3d 706
22 N.Y.S.3d 568
Dorsia HALL, appellant,
v.
STAPLES the OFFICE SUPERSTORE EAST, INC., et al., respondents.
Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
Jan. 13, 2016.
Sim & Record, LLP, Bayside, N.Y. (Sang J. Sim of counsel), for appellant.
Smith, Sovik, Kendrick & Sugnet, P.C., East Meadow, N.Y. (Kenneth T. Boyd of counsel), for respondents.
WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P., REINALDO E. RIVERA, JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, and COLLEEN D. DUFFY, JJ.
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Adler, J.), dated November 13, 2014, which granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the amended complaint.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff allegedly slipped and fell on black ice on the parking lot of the premises of the defendants Staples the Office Superstore East, Inc., and Staples, Inc. (hereinafter together Staples). Staples had retained the defendants Dent Enterprises, Inc., and Dentco (hereinafter together Dentco) to provide, inter alia, snow and ice removal services. Dentco, in turn, had retained the defendants Nick's Landscaping and Nicolo R. Troiani, doing business as Nick's Landscaping (hereinafter together Troiani), to perform the snow and ice removal services. The plaintiff subsequently commenced this action against the defendants. The defendants moved for summary judgment dismissing the amended complaint. The Supreme Court granted the motion.
The defendants established their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law dismissing the amended complaint insofar as asserted against Staples by demonstrating that Staples did not create the alleged hazardous condition or have actual or constructive notice of it (see Cuillo v. Fairfield Prop. Servs., L.P., 112 A.D.3d 777, 778, 977 N.Y.S.2d 353 ; Murphy v. 136 N. Blvd. Assoc., 304 A.D.2d 540, 757 N.Y.S.2d 582 ). In opposition, the...
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