Case Name: Leida Cruz, Appellant, v. Isabella Geriatric Center, Inc., Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2005-01-25
Citations: 14 A.D.3d 435
Docket Number: 
Parties: Leida Cruz, Appellant, v Isabella Geriatric Center, Inc., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 14
Pages: 435–436

Head Matter:
Leida Cruz, Appellant, v Isabella Geriatric Center, Inc., Respondent.
[787 NYS2d 873]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Alice Schlesinger, J.), entered November 8, 2002, which granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff alleges that she was injured when she slipped and fell in a hole in front of defendant's premises. Defendant's evidence, however, established prima facie that, although its employees regularly maintained and inspected the area in question, it was without notice, either actual or constructive, of the complained-of hazard, and plaintiff made no evidentiary showing warranting a contrary inference (see Strowman v Great Atl. & Pac. Tea Co., Inc., 252 AD2d 384 [1998]). Concur—Tom, J.P., Andrias, Saxe, Marlow and Nardelli, JJ.