Morejon v. Rais Construction Company
Decision Date | 16 May 2005 |
Docket Number | 2004-02440. |
Citation | 795 N.Y.S.2d 654,18 A.D.3d 632,2005 NY Slip Op 04016 |
Parties | MARIA MOREJON, Respondent, v. RAIS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants. |
Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, and that branch of the cross motion which was for partial summary judgment against the appellants on the issue of liability on the cause of action to recover damages for common-law negligence based on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur is denied, and that cause of action is reinstated.
While delivering materials to a private residence that was undergoing renovation, the plaintiff's decedent allegedly was injured when building materials fell from the roof of the house and struck his head. The plaintiff commenced this action against, among others, the defendant Rais Construction Company, the general contractor, and the individual defendants Cesar Amadeo Rais and Nora Sanchez, its principals. The plaintiff successfully moved for partial summary judgment against those defendants on the issue of liability on the cause of action to recover damages for common-law negligence based on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur.
Without deciding whether the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur applies in this case, we note that the doctrine "may not be used as the basis for granting summary judgment in favor of a plaintiff on the issue of liability" (Louison v St. Mary's Hosp. of Brooklyn, 11 AD3d 518, 518 [2004]; see also Martinez v City of New York, 292 AD2d 349 [2002]; Capolongo v Giant Carpet, 292 AD2d 331 [2002]; Vaynberg v Provident Operating Corp., 269 AD2d 442 [2000]; Feuer v HASC Summer Program, 247 AD2d 429 [1998]). Accordingly, the Supreme Court erred in granting partial summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff on the basis of the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur.
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Morejon v. Rais Const. Co.
..."may not be used as the basis for granting summary judgment in favor of a plaintiff on the issue of liability" (18 A.D.3d 632, 633, 795 N.Y.S.2d 654 [2d Dept.2005]). Because there are questions of fact precluding summary judgment for the plaintiff, we affirm. We disagree, however, with the ......
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