Case Name: Bradley Grossman, Appellant, v. City of New York et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2018-01-25
Citations: 157 A.D.3d 600
Docket Number: 
Parties: Bradley Grossman, Appellant, v City of New York et al., Respondents.
Judges: Concur— Acosta, P.J., Renwick, Kapnick, Kahn, Kern, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 157
Pages: 600–600

Head Matter:
Bradley Grossman, Appellant, v City of New York et al., Respondents.
[67 NYS3d 459]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Lynn R. Kotler, J.), entered September 26, 2016, which, insofar as appealed from, granted defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The record demonstrates as a matter of law that defendants did not have constructive notice of the alleged water damage that caused the sudden collapse of the table on which plaintiff sat (see Gordon v American Museum of Natural History, 67 NY2d 836 [1986]; Soto v New Frontiers 2 Hope Hous. Dev. Fund Co., Inc., 118 AD3d 471 [1st Dept 2014]; Lance v Den-Lyn Realty Corp., 84 AD3d 470 [1st Dept 2011]). Plaintiff's own testimony showed that the alleged water damage was neither visible nor apparent before the table collapsed and therefore that a reasonable inspection would not have revealed that the table would be unable to support plaintiff's weight.
Concur— Acosta, P.J., Renwick, Kapnick, Kahn, Kern, JJ.