Case Name: Julio Guerrero, Appellant, v. Duane Reade, Inc., Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2013-12-12
Citations: 112 A.D.3d 496
Docket Number: 
Parties: Julio Guerrero, Appellant, v Duane Reade, Inc., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 112
Pages: 496–496

Head Matter:
Julio Guerrero, Appellant, v Duane Reade, Inc., Respondent.
[976 NYS2d 385]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Mark Friedlander, J.), entered November 23, 2012, which granted defendant Duane Reade, Inc.'s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion denied.
In this slip and fall action, defendant failed to establish as a matter of law that it did not create or have actual or constructive notice of a hazardous condition, since it failed to offer specific evidence as to its activities on the day of the accident, including, but not limited to, when the area where plaintiff fell was last inspected (see e.g. Cater v Double Down Realty Corp., 101 AD3d 506 [1st Dept 2012]). In addition, plaintiff testified it had been raining or drizzling continuously prior to his accident and that he had seen mats rolled up in front of the store, but not placed down where he fell, giving rise to a question of fact as to whether defendant knew or should have known of the dangerous condition (Signorelli v Great Atl. & Pac. Tea Co., Inc., 70 AD3d 439, 440 [1st Dept 2010]). Concur — Mazzarelli, J.P, Sweeny, DeGrasse, Manzanet-Daniels and Feinman, JJ.