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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Kenneth L. Deubell, as Administrator of the Estate of Jacqueline A. Deubell, Deceased, Respondent, v Forks Fire District Number Three et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.
   —Order unanimously affirmed with costs. Memorandum: In this Dram Shop case, the moving defendants failed to establish a prima facie defense sufficient to warrant judgment as a matter of law, and the burden never shifted to plaintiff to raise a triable issue of fact (see, Alvarez v Prospect Hosp., 68 NY2d 320; Winegrad v New York Univ. Med. Center, 64 NY2d 851). (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Erie County, Fudeman, J. — Summary Judgment.) Present — Dillon, P. J., Boomer, Pine, Balio and Davis, JJ.