Case Name: Helen Mendoza et al., Respondents, v. City of New York et al., Defendants, and Tri-Messine Construction Co., Inc., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1991-02-05
Citations: 170 A.D.2d 198
Docket Number: 
Parties: Helen Mendoza et al., Respondents, v City of New York et al., Defendants, and Tri-Messine Construction Co., Inc., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 170
Pages: 198–198

Head Matter:
Helen Mendoza et al., Respondents, v City of New York et al., Defendants, and Tri-Messine Construction Co., Inc., Appellant.

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Leland DeGrasse, J.), entered on or about January 12, 1990, which, inter alia, denied defendant Tri-Messine Construction Co., Inc.'s motion for summary judgment, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
This is a personal injury action where the plaintiff is alleged to have fallen on defective pavement. The IAS court correctly found, based on photographs and the affidavit of an expert, that there is a triable issue of fact as to the negligence of the contractor who performed the excavation and resurfacing (see, Sternbach v Cornell Univ., 162 AD2d 922, 923). Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Carro, Kupferman, Ross and Rubin, JJ.