Case Name: Robert Hooker et al., Respondents, v. Melton Manor Condominium, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1995-02-03
Citations: 212 A.D.2d 1049
Docket Number: 
Parties: Robert Hooker et al., Respondents, v Melton Manor Condominium, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 212
Pages: 1049–1050

Head Matter:
Robert Hooker et al., Respondents, v Melton Manor Condominium, Appellant.
[623 NYS2d 43]

Opinion:
—Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs, motion granted and complaint dismissed. Memorandum: Plaintiffs failed to raise a question of fact whether defendant had actual or constructive notice of a hazardous condition on the marble steps where plaintiff Robert Hooker fell. "[A] 'general awareness' that a dangerous condition may be present is legally insufficient to constitute notice of the particular condition that caused plaintiff's fall" (Piacquadio v Recine Realty Corp., 84 NY2d 967, 969, quoting Gordon v American Museum of Natural History, 67 NY2d 836, 838). Thus, Supreme Court erred in denying defendant's summary judgment motion. (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Erie County, Glownia, J.—Summary Judgment.) Present—Pine, J. P., Lawton, Fallon, Wesley and Davis, JJ.