Soltes v. 260 Waverly Owners, Inc., 2006-03140.
Decision Date | 31 July 2007 |
Docket Number | 2006-03140. |
Citation | 2007 NY Slip Op 06274,840 N.Y.S.2d 412,42 A.D.3d 565 |
Parties | JEAN SOLTES, Appellant, v. 260 WAVERLY OWNERS, INC., et al., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents, et al., Defendant. RJM LAWN SERVICES OF L.I., INC., Third-Party Defendant. |
Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, and the motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is denied.
In February 2003, the plaintiff slipped and fell on a patch of ice as she exited the front door of premises owned by the defendant and third-party plaintiff, 260 Waverly Owners, Inc., and managed by the defendant and third-party plaintiff, Prestige Management (hereinafter collectively the defendants and third-party plaintiffs). The plaintiff testified at her deposition that earlier on the same day, she had noticed water dripping from an awning to the ground in front of the doorway and assumed that, after reaching the ground, the water froze, producing the hazardous condition. The plaintiff's theory of negligence was based on the premise that the awning regularly trapped snow and ice "and rather than redirecting the runoff, caused the melt to drip through and refreeze on the walking surface once the temperature drops to freezing."
After the plaintiff commenced this action, the defendants waited nearly two years before commencing a third-party action against RJM Lawn Services of L.I., Inc. (hereinafter RJM), which had been retained by 260 Waverly Owners, Inc., to perform snow removal services at the premises. More than 120 days after the plaintiff filed a note of issue and certificate of readiness, RJM moved, inter alia, for summary judgment dismissing the third-party complaint, and the defendants and third-party plaintiffs separately moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. In the order appealed from, the Supreme Court dismissed the complaint and the third-party complaint.
The Supreme Court erred in awarding summary judgment to the defendants and third-party plaintiffs,...
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