Case Name: Jenelle A. Birthwright et al., Appellant, v. Malverne Union Free School District, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2002-06-24
Citations: 295 A.D.2d 549
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jenelle A. Birthwright et al., Appellant, v Malverne Union Free School District, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 295
Pages: 549–549

Head Matter:
Jenelle A. Birthwright et al., Appellant, v Malverne Union Free School District, Respondent.
[745 NYS2d 35]

Opinion:
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Davis, J.), entered November 2, 2000, which granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The defendant demonstrated its entitlement to judgment in its favor as a matter of law in the first instance by submitting evidence which tended to show, among other things, that the custodians in the school in which the infant plaintiff fell ordinarily mop the floors of the stairways in the late afternoon or evening. The plaintiff's submissions were insufficient to demonstrate an issue of fact as to whether the defendant created, or had actual or constructive notice of, the wet condition which allegedly caused her to fall on a staircase at approximately 7:00 a.m. (see e.g. Frankie v Glen Cove Hous. Auth., 276 AD2d 668; Spagnola v Trump Taj Mahal, 261 AD2d 604). Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment. Prudenti, P.J., Santucci, Smith and Schmidt, JJ., concur.